Originally posted by phuthai2009 To shoot something like a man on to opposite side of the street, a bird on the tree next to me, a squirrel on the electricity post, or street photography.
Man on the other side of the street will be very tightly framed on a 200 on a narrow street. 135 will be less tight. But you may be able to get portrait style framing which would be nice.
Bird on tree next to you. Even at ten feet the 135 is going to require cropping most likely, the 200 may also. 300 is the typical choice here.
Squirrel on a post... 200 may not be enough depending on detail needed, and size and distance. See above.
Street photography... these lengths are not typical, the 200 would be more difficult for most of us to use for that purpose but perhaps good for a shot more discrete captures at a distance. Typical street walk about lenses are zooms or primes from 21-50mms. Wider being more common than longer.
Last edited by UncleVanya; 04-02-2015 at 06:49 AM.