Brian Walters wrote: >That's because the sensor in the Canon is slightly different in size to that >in the Pentax (at least I think that's the case). Mark was referring to the >Pentax when he mentioned a factor of 1.5. A factor of 1.6 applies to the >Canon. > > > >Cheers > >Brian >
Yup yup ann > >++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >Brian Walters >Western Sydney Australia >http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ > > >Quoting ann sanfedele <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > >>Hey, Mark >> >>Adam called it 1.6 in another post :) >> >> >> > > > >>Mark Cassino wrote: >> >> >> >>>Assuming you are using a Pentax DSLR - the focal >>>length compared to a 35mm camera is 1.5x greater. So >>>the 28mm is a 42mm - quite a nice angle of view IMO. >>>Someday I hope to find a fast 28 prime to use as a >>>normal lens... >>> >>>Your 100mm macro is like a 150. The lenses don't >>>magnify any more that on 35mm, but because the sensor >>>is smaller the angle of view is narrower. It's like >>>cropping a full framed 35 shot down. >>> >>>HTH - >>> >>>MCC >>> >>> > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >Get a free email address with REAL anti-spam protection. >http://www.bluebottle.com/tag/1 > > > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

