Funny, but I never thought in the "crop factor" mode. Like Paul, Frank and others, a 50 is a 50 is a 50.
If i want a different angle of view, i move.:-) Dave On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 12:47 PM, Paul Stenquist <[email protected]> wrote: > I thought in equivalent field of view when I first moved to digital. Now > after tens of thousands of digital photos, I know what the FOV of a given > lens is on my camera. The 35mm FOVs never cross my mind. My 16-50 is a > 16-50. Period. At one end it's nice for landscapes and my VTs. At the other > end, it's a slightly wide portrait lens. Equivalents are for the newbies. > Paul > On Jan 16, 2009, at 11:39 AM, frank theriault wrote: > >> On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 11:12 AM, Joseph McAllister <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> >>> I solved this problem for myself by NOT using words at all. >> >> <snip> >> >> I solved the problem, too. I put a lens on my camera. I look through >> the viewfinder. What I see in the viewfinder mostly corresponds with >> what's going to show up on the picture. >> >> Okay, seriously, I guess I just don't need to know exact >> equivalencies. A 16mm will be wider than a 24mm on all bodies - >> that's about all I need to know. After nearly a couple of years, I >> have a pretty good idea what a lens of a given focal length will do on >> film on my *istD. Exact numbers don't interest me so much... >> >> ;-) >> >> cheers, >> frank >> >> >> -- >> "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson >> >> -- >> 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. > > > -- > 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. > -- Equine Photography www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ Ontario Canada -- 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.
