On 21/3/06, Russell Kerstetter, discombobulated, unleashed: >1) A 50mm focal length is still a normal perspective only with the >sides cut off, because the sensor is smaller than a 35mm negative, and >so the recorded image is simply smaller because of that. > >....or.... > >2) A 50mm focal length is now a medium telephoto perspective, with the >same effects, with regard to image compression (from front to back) >and depth of field, in the same way that on a large format camera a >50mm focal length is a wide perspective.
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