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
