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Nikon DSLR Cameras
D5500
80-400 mm lens for D5500
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<blockquote data-quote="BF Hammer" data-source="post: 815453" data-attributes="member: 48483"><p>FX is a camera body with a full-frame sensor, meaning that the sensor is the same size as 35mm film.</p><p></p><p>DX is a camera body with an APS-C sensor. This is the equivalent size of the Kodak Advantix "Advanced Photo System" film from the 1990's. It is smaller in size than 35mm and it "crops" the image projected on it from the lens. Commonly called a crop-sensor. The field of view is not as wide, and you have to multiply the zoom range by 1.5x to get the FX equivalent focal length. Your D5500 is this. It also does not have the camera-body autofocus motor, so it will not autofocus with older lenses that do not have an internal motor. But otherwise it works with most lenses.</p><p></p><p>So a Sigma 150-600mm Contemporary lens will work fine with your camera (as will the 80-400mm AF-S by Nikon). It will also give you the 1.5x crop factor, so you would have a lens equivalent to 225mm-900mm in range. Pretty nice for wildlife.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BF Hammer, post: 815453, member: 48483"] FX is a camera body with a full-frame sensor, meaning that the sensor is the same size as 35mm film. DX is a camera body with an APS-C sensor. This is the equivalent size of the Kodak Advantix "Advanced Photo System" film from the 1990's. It is smaller in size than 35mm and it "crops" the image projected on it from the lens. Commonly called a crop-sensor. The field of view is not as wide, and you have to multiply the zoom range by 1.5x to get the FX equivalent focal length. Your D5500 is this. It also does not have the camera-body autofocus motor, so it will not autofocus with older lenses that do not have an internal motor. But otherwise it works with most lenses. So a Sigma 150-600mm Contemporary lens will work fine with your camera (as will the 80-400mm AF-S by Nikon). It will also give you the 1.5x crop factor, so you would have a lens equivalent to 225mm-900mm in range. Pretty nice for wildlife. [/QUOTE]
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