Christopher Price Posted May 15, 2016 Share Posted May 15, 2016 Anyone who shoots birds will not enjoy FF unless you have a 600mm or thereabouts lens. I shot birds with my 80-400 on everything from D70 to D7000 before going FF. Yes, you can crop. It just wasn't the same. You are not seeing the birds eye as closeup through a FF viewfinder. I hated it. Crop cameras are the way to go unless you can afford the really long lenses. IMHO. Hi Betty, I suspect that I have the same 80-400 and like the convenience of having it permanently attached to a second body. Likewise the image the DX viewfinder gives is a blessing to those who still use manual focusing. To tell the truth I haven't tried it on my D800 in DX mode so don't have a good feel for how that would work for me. But a used full frame is still likely to be out of my price range and I do like having a dedicated big lens camera. Thanks Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Betty LaRue Posted May 16, 2016 Share Posted May 16, 2016 Chris, look again at your 80-400. If I'm not mistaken, it is not a DX lens. I bought very few DX lenses other than a couple of kit lenses early on. I mainly bought lenses that worked on FF but used them on DX cameras. 50mm, 24-70, 105, 85mm, and the 80-400. When I decided to buy the D800, I had a nice lens lineup. The only DX lens I used a lot on my DX cameras was the 18-200. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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