Zoom Lens

As a zoom lens would be best to take pictures of surfers?

I need to know which of measu zoom lens would be best to take pictures by surfers. This is a Nikon D40 SLR camera. would a 50-200mm zoom is enough? or should I go towards the 75-300mm? Thank you

It depends. I have a small Sony Cyber-shot to have a 15 x zoom. It is a little Junky camera, but it can zoom more than my $ 1700.00 70-200mm. A quick and dirty way to tell how much zoom lens does, focal length is divide by 50, so my 200 has a 4x zoom, see what I mean. To get very detailed far away, you need a lot of lens. I can shoot wild animals at 10-30 feet and be ok at 200mm, but beyond that, and it begins to look small in my D700. You obviously could stand in the water and get as close as possible, or perhaps surfers area close to you anyway. My stomach tells me to get 50-200, but only because it is lighter and easier to handle. I guess the real question is how far away the subject when you take your shot. Far away - great lens, no way around it. But the larger the lens, the bigger the price tag, and if you want a quick one - Ohh boy, there goes some money. Of course, it weighs a tonne.



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