But it seems that if you take the same information from a SMALLER section of the image circle, Then enlarge that to the same size you would have using the FULL FRAME the image circle is capable of, you have magnified that smaller section 1.5x as much, and the imperfections in the lens with it. <Whew!> I think I understood what I just said!
Don > -----Original Message----- > From: Joseph Tainter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, July 18, 2004 1:05 PM > To: pdml > Subject: Re: Replacement for the FA 50 and 100 Macros? (Re: Pentax is > Dying) > > > "that's one factor. the other is the automatic 1.5 magnification of the > center portion of the lens circle." > > I'm not aware of magnification. It is a crop of the central part of the > lens circle, giving a field of view that looks like a 1.5x magnification. > > Even the photography magazines seem to have finally begun to understand > this. > > Joe >
