--- John Forbes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Frank, > <snip> > But spare a thought for those poor saps who use > several different formats, > and are weighing up the pros and cons of buying a > small P&S and have > absolutely no idea (because the manufacturers won't > help them) whether a > 50mm lens on an Optio S4 is the same as a 50mm lens > on a Canon G5 or an > Olympus 4/3 or whatever it's called. <snip>
John, All one has to do is look through the viewfinder... Besides, adding another number to the equation will just further complicate and will overwhelm the newcomer. And, John, you still didn't address the issue of changing lenses from a 35mm film body to an APS size sensor dslr. How would one express the AOV in that case? cheers, frank ===== "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer ______________________________________________________________________ Post your free ad now! http://personals.yahoo.ca

