On 23/12/06, J. C. O'Connell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> nope, what you gave was impossible.
> 18mm and 15mm are not possible (the
> lengths you provided) because
> Pentax APS always needs a lens 2/3 the length
> of FF 35mm for same angle of view. I dont care what calculator
> you used, it's wrong if it told you
> 18mm for FF and 15mm for APS were the same
> angle of view, because they arent.

I just calculated it by hand and you are correct John. The app that I
used to calculate the values used an actual APS frame size rather than
the so called Pentax digital APS frame size (23.5mm x 15.7mm).

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