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photocrazy · Apr 16, 2006, 12:27 PM

The package that I am thinking of buying from Cameta Cameras comes with a 70-300mm tamron f/4-5.6 Macro lens. About how much magnification does it give out like 9X, I don't know how to figure it out. I an just wondering becuse I was originally going to buy a Fuji s5600 because it gave out 10X magnification. So I just want to compare. I know the nikon d50 is a better camera but I just want to see how much zoom it has.

mtclimber · Apr 16, 2006, 12:52 PM

A 70-300mm lens is roughly 9X using point and shoot terminology.

MT

photocrazy · Apr 16, 2006, 1:38 PM

How do you work that out, and by the way thanks that has helped a lot, as now I am sure the package with that lens is the right one for me, as I do quite a lot of sports photography for my old school in their rugby matches, so I wanted a camera with a good res and a fair amount of zoom and fps speed.

Shred · Apr 16, 2006, 4:04 PM

70-300mm is actually ~4.2X zoom lens, 18-200mm would be ~11.1X zoom and 300mm prime has no X at all.
Zoom ratio can be calculated by dividing the bigger number with the smaller one,
however zoom ratio tels absolutely nothing about the focal length the lens have.

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Apr 16, 2006, 12:27 PM	#1
photocrazy Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 10	The package that I am thinking of buying from Cameta Cameras comes with a 70-300mm tamron f/4-5.6 Macro lens. About how much magnification does it give out like 9X, I don't know how to figure it out. I an just wondering becuse I was originally going to buy a Fuji s5600 because it gave out 10X magnification. So I just want to compare. I know the nikon d50 is a better camera but I just want to see how much zoom it has.

Apr 16, 2006, 12:52 PM	#2
mtclimber Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Oregon, USA Posts: 18,143	A 70-300mm lens is roughly 9X using point and shoot terminology. MT

Apr 16, 2006, 1:38 PM	#3
photocrazy Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 10	How do you work that out, and by the way thanks that has helped a lot, as now I am sure the package with that lens is the right one for me, as I do quite a lot of sports photography for my old school in their rugby matches, so I wanted a camera with a good res and a fair amount of zoom and fps speed.

Apr 16, 2006, 4:04 PM	#4
Shred Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 108	70-300mm is actually ~4.2X zoom lens, 18-200mm would be ~11.1X zoom and 300mm prime has no X at all. Zoom ratio can be calculated by dividing the bigger number with the smaller one, however zoom ratio tels absolutely nothing about the focal length the lens have.