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PostPosted: Wed Oct 01, 2014 4:43 pm 
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Hello,

I am going on a Tanzania Safari trip. I have both the lenses in the subject line. If I had to pick, which lens might serve me better? I've used the 70-200 with extender on a Costa Rica trip and was very happy with the results. The Tamron lens is newer and I haven't used it that much yet. I'm leaning towards the 600mm.

Also should I take 7D over 5DMk3 for the crop/zoom factor and faster focus?

Thoughts?


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PostPosted: Fri Oct 03, 2014 1:37 pm 
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I think maybe you should contact the tour operator first to see if they have any advice. I have talked to some people who went on different safaris and some places the 70-200 is perfect and other places 600mm is too short :)
Also look at the photos on the tour site and try to see how close they get to the animals. Sometimes they are very close.

Either way have fun on your trip :)

Tim


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PostPosted: Sat Oct 18, 2014 11:50 am 
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The 2x extender seems to have a rather detrimental effect on image quality.

Play around with this:

http://www.the-digital-picture.com/Revi ... &APIComp=4


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