JD's explanation is exactly correct, but it sort of misses part of the story. Your 50mm view will be cropped so the relationship between objects stays the same, as JD said, but with the D60 the objects "fall outside the frame", or, rather, have their edges cropped off. When you back up to get the same framing you had before, **then** your perspective will change, so once you back up, that 50mm lens has the same perspective/framing as an 80mm lens on a 35mm camera from the same distance.
The only difference between the two views is that you will have the depth of field of the 50mm lens rather than the depth of field from the 80mm lens (so basically, all things are equal except you get more depth of field and you have to use a different lens). Mike "Jay D. Washington" wrote: > > Perspective is the relationship of objects and there sizes relative to each > other, and it relates to how close you are to the subject. This indirectly > leads people to associate certain perspectives with certain lenses, but its > the closeness or distance from the subject that makes the perspective > change, not the lens. If you stand the same distance away from a subject > and just switch lenses, you'll see that the relative sizes of objects > COMPARED TO EACH OTHER doesn't change as long as they remain static also. > Perspective is easy to misunderstand. Hope this helps. (Short answer to > your question is "No, it will look approx like a 35mm") > Cheers, JD > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > I understand that the D30 and D60 multiply the focal length by > > 1.6. I also > > understand that this does not mean that the lens has more reach, but has a > > smaller field of view. > > What I'm not sure of is what will the perspective be? Will my > > 50mm lens on > > a D60 give me the same perspective as an 80 (50 x 1.6) on an EOS > > 3, or will > > I just see the same image through the viewfinder? > > Will my 24mm on a D60 still look like I used a 24mm lens but just have a > > narrower field of view? > > > > Thanks, > > Rech -- Michael Shupe M.J.Shupe Photography Michigan Tech University www.northernlightsgallery.com * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
