IN the world of photography, prime lenses are frequently placed into three categories: wide-angle, standard and telephoto. Telephoto is broken into further sub-types of medium (85-200mm) and super-telephoto (300-600mm).
Super-telephoto lenses have long been the popular choice of professional sports, wildlife and nature photographers, whereas railway photographers have traditionally preferred to use shorter focal length lenses between 35mm and 100mm.
However, the considered use a super-telephoto lens offers the railway photographer an interesting and dynamic viewpoint, improving the visual relationship between the subject and its environment. The compression of space makes objects in the foreground, mid-ground and background all seem closer together. They are also a good lens choice when attempting to create simplicity within a chaotic environment.
A super-telephoto lens will increase the intensity of the action and enhance…