Hi, Thursday, December 23, 2004, 9:00:55 PM, Peter wrote:
> Understandable .. but what was the "function" then for all the 28's around? > Wasn't there a time when 28-50-135 was a normal combo for at least advanced > amateur? > Thanks for your input. > Peter, Sweden over the years we have become accustomed to ever wider angles of view as photographers, particularly journalists, have tried to impart a greater sense of being there. I have a book somewhere from the 1950s in which the photojournalists describe 28mm as 'extreme wide angle'. In those days people weren't used to it, and it would have seemed excessively artistic and unrealistic for journalism. -- Cheers, Bob
