Dont think i agree. The focal length of the
normal lens it what gives a normal perspective,
not compressed like a tele or stretched like
a wide angle.
& yes, I know focal length doesnt affect perspective
directly, but it does indirectly...
JCO
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-----Original Message-----
From: graywolf [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, September 14, 2003 3:17 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Camera size and lens size.
50mm is the normal lens for 135 cameras simply because that is what
Barnack used on the first Leica.
The real reason something approximating the diaagonal of the the
negative was originally chosen as the normal lens was simply because
that was the cheapest lens that would give satisfactory results. All the
rest is gobbly-dee-gook made up by photography writer's over the years.
Anders Hultman wrote:
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> Ok, but why then 50mm and not 43mm? My parents sometimes say when we
> talk about cameras that "in their times" 45mm was considered normal.
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