On Jun 2, 2009, at 21:31 , Graydon wrote:

On Wed, Jun 03, 2009 at 12:20:22AM -0400, P. J. Alling scripsit:
Even if you take crop factor into account an 800mm on a 6x7 is the
same  as a 250mm on a Pentax Digital...

Everybody keeps telling me field of view and focal length are
independent, and I have no reason to doubt this.

Depends on if you measure the field of view by what the lens brings to the table, or by what the sensitized capture medium sees.



Joseph McAllister
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