> > > > > My take on this is that the 50-135 is the people > range and the 60-250 is > > > > > the zoo range. ?(Actual wildlife would be the 200-500 > Pentax has > > > > > inexplicably failed to announce. :) > > > > > > > > So a man photographing chimps in a zoo would need > 60-250, while the > > > > zoo-resident chimp photographing people would need the 50-135. > > > > > > Only if the chimp got to wander freely with the people. > Otherwise, the > > > situation is symmetric. > > > > Only if chimps are the same size as people. Otherwise you > need a longer > > focal length to fill the same portion of the frame with a > smaller body > > (since the distance between subject and photographer > remains the same). > > To a first approximation, chimps are the same size as people. > > (Shorter, but longer arms and more likely to gesticulate broadly. :) >
You're thinking about Italians. Bob -- 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.
