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Hi,
I found your blog post “Choosing the right lenses for your safari” extremely helpful. It’s so succinct and to the point, and makes so much more sense than scrolling through a multitude of forum discussions where everyone weighs in with their own opinion.
One thing that I wasn’t sure about, however, was whether the focal lengths you refer to relate to a full-frame camera? I use a mirrorless camera with a 1.6x crop factor, so was wondering whether to treat my lenses as 1.6x their stated value when comparing it to the advice on your website?
Many thanks,
Tim
Hi Tim,
Yes & No.
If your selection of lenses covers a focal range from A->B then with a crop frame camera the range you cover will just start and end a little longer.
At the longer end it does not really matter as you have the benefit of greater reach with a 1.6x crop frame camera (or 1.5x crop in the case of Nikon). Your 70-200mm lens on your 1.6x camera will effectively be 112-320mm.
You do need to think about the wider end of your lens selection though. If you wish to shoot landscapes, large mammals or herds of animals then you will benefit from something around 24mm. On a 1.6x crop the 24-120mm zoom becomes 38(ish)-192mm which is probably wide enough for most subjects but if you take a lot of wide shots it may well be worth bringing something even wider.
hope this helps
Martin
I am writing from the Africa Japan Forum (AJF), a Japanese NPO aiming at promoting better understanding on Africa by Japanese people, as well as enlarging the network with the African civil societies in order to tackle the issues which African people are facing. My name is Shigeo Yamagata, executive director of this organization.
We are planning to run a booth at the special exhibition on Africa organized by Tama Zoological Park in the Tokyo Metropolis, one of the famous zoologic parcs in Japan.
https://www.tokyo-zoo.net/english/tama/index.html
The objective of our booth is to let the visitors understand the real situations of the African countries, particularly those in Sahel area which are not well-known by Japanese people, through the ecology and the conservation efforts of wild animals living in Sahara and Sahel.
We chose the desert elephant in the Gourma Region, Mali, the West African giraffe of Kouré, Niger and the West African lion of Zakouma National Park, Chad, as the interesting animals in these regions.
We are now looking for a photo of the elephants of Mali to display. We would be happy if you would kind enough to permit us to use your photo uploaded on your WEB site about the Mali Elephant Project.
We are asking several organizations for the same request; so please forgive us when we select finally a photo of another organization after your permission to our request has arrived to us.
Thank you in advance for your kind cooperation.
Best regards
Shigeo Yamagata
Hello Shigeo,
My apologies for a slow reply, I have been on safari in areas with no internet coverage.
I am happy for you to use my photos if they are useful, however I should mention that none on my elephant photos are taken in the Gourma region of Mali. The article I did used photos from the Mali Elephant Project.
I have been trying for 10 years to visit Mali to witness the elephants there but Islamic terrorist activity has been significant in that region and it has not been safe to travel.
This terrorist activity has undoubtedly had a negative impact on the elephants in Mali.
Martin