Do they? Tom C.
>From: "David Savage" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: AOVCalculator >Date: Sat, 1 Sep 2007 01:05:52 +0800 > >If your stitching panoramas the AOV numbers actually have a practical use >:-) > >Cheers, > >Dave > >On 9/1/07, Tom Cakalic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I suppose that it may be an interesting exercise for some. But really, > > after years and years of using a camera and the experience of looking > > through different focal length lenses, doesn't one sort of have a good > > approximate idea of what they're going to capture? The variability in > > shooting circumstances alone, proximity to subject, etc., makes the >actual > > AOV number a little moot. I never think, 'you know lens A has an angle >of > > view of X-degress, I think I'll use that one'. > > > > But if the actual number is important, OK. :-) > > > > Tom C. > > > > > > > > >From: Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> > > >To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> > > >Subject: Re: AOVCalculator > > >Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2007 09:06:44 -0700 > > > > > >That's nice if you already own a particular focal length. > > >Sometimes, however, one might want to have an idea of FoV numerically > > >for other purposes. > > > > > >Godfrey > > > > > >On Aug 31, 2007, at 8:25 AM, Tom C wrote: > > > > > > > I simply look through the viewfinder with the desired lens on the > > > > camera. I get a pretty good idea of the AOV that way. What I see > > > > is what I get + the difference in 100% - viewfinder. > >-- >PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >[email protected] >http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
