The above image was captured hand held with the full frame 24.6 megapixel Sony A900 camera, using the Carl Zeiss F2.8 24-70mm lens, with a 70mm focal length, and exposed at 1/400 second at F/13, ISO 800. This image is a crop with an image width of 1326 pixels, which is only 22% of the width of the full-sized image of 6048 pixels. The crop gives a result that is equivalent to taking the image with a 320mm lens. Despite the crop, the image produces a nice 10-inch wide print.
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