I think generally that the equivalent of a 500 mm lens on a 35 mm
camera and a sturdy tripod is recommended for wildlife. If you have an
autofocus camera with the usual small aperture on your zoomed out lens
a teleconverter will probably cripple your ability to focus. For
example if your 50-200 is 5.6 when fully extended it is already at the
aperture limit for autofocus to work properly. As someone said there
are plenty of opportunities for shots of animals up close at
Yellowstone. Not so wild wildlife. So my recommendation is not to buy
anything new and just go and enjoy yourself.
The old adage for wildlife is that you always need 300mm more than
what you have.
Winsor
Long Beach, California, USA
On / April 9, 2008 CE, at 5:11 AM, Alan wrote:
>
> I will be visiting yellowstone for the first time. I currently have
> the
> 50-200. Question is will that lens be long enough for most wildlife or
> do I need to look into something a bit longer.
>
> If I need something a bit longer would I be better off with 1.4x, 2x
> or
> third party l
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