BR
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On an SLR zoom, we expect the focal range at 28mm, even 24 mm. Yet on nearly
every digicam, the zoom starts at an equivalent focal length of 35 to 38mm.
Why so "unwide"? I think it's that, early on, the camera is specified to have a prescribed
zoom ratio-say, 4:1-and the marketing people tell the engineers, "We can
sell more cameras with a 35-140 zoom than with a 28-112." Customers buy the
35-140, unaware they are being shortchanged until their back is to the wall
and they need a 28 or 24mm wide angle. I doubt the average digicam buyer is
willing to use his auxiliary wide-angle attachment. Do film compact zooms start at 35 to 38mm also?
