Focal length comparison

[Glen]

Both my mother and Big Lens Kipper asked about focal length comparisons yesterday, thought it may interest others and all courtesy of Canon. How nice

http://consumer.usa.canon.com/app/html/ ... ength.html

[the foto fanatic]

A graphic illustration, Glen BTW, what were you doing trawling the Canon site?

[Glen]

Trevor, my 69 yr old mum, who specified 6-8mp and a focal range of 35-200 on the Coolpix I just got for her, then revealed she didn't know what that meant! Kipper also asked about a comparison, so Googled and that came up.

[kipper]

Ok, go to 300MM on that website (I currently have 340MM with 70-200 + 1.7TC). Pretty little Super Fairy Wren, and all the other birds I photo are about the size of the triangle (sometimes a tad smaller depending on how far away I am) above the circle. Now flick to 600 and 1200. This is what I'd achieve with a 600MM and a 600MM + TC