----- Original Message ----- From: "Nenad Djurdjevic" Subject: Re: DA14mm - why so large and heavy?
> > Well put. The focal length of a wide angle lens for medium format is not > going to be a wide focal length for 35mm and a wide 35mm lens is not wide > for an APS sized sensor. The corollary is also true. No one is disputing > that focal length may well be the same in each case but it is what that > particular focal length can do in any particular format that matters. We > all like to frame our shots to our satisfaction at the time of taking the > photo and for that we choose the appropriate focal length lens. If for an > APS sensor a 200mm gives me the framing I want (and that happens to be > equivalent to a 300mm lens for 35mm) then I don't give a rats if on > someone's 4x5 that 200mm would be a semi-wideangle lens. All very well and good, until you want to communicate with someone. Then your thought process becomes an impediment because of faulty reasoning. William Robb
