On Sat, Jul 25, 2009 at 05:45:08PM -0400, J.C. O'Connell scripsit: > -----Original Message----- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net > [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Graydon On Sat, Jul 25, > 2009 at 03:33:07PM -0400, J.C. O'Connell scripsit: >> > On Pentax digital, you are most likely going to get a lot more use >> > out of a 135,200, or 300, than the 400. 400mm is just very very >> > long on digital and will rarely be needed. > > > Unless you do birds, in which case 400mm is awfully short. > > well, there are exceptions to every rule I guess, but in general the > further you get away from 50mm ( 33mm on digital ), the less often you > are going to need it. That's why they call normal normal.
Normal is normal for taking pictures where you want it to look roughly like what someone would see if they were standing where the camera was when it took that picture. While this is a whole lot of how people take pictures, and even more of where the emotional responses are, it's not *all* of how people take pictures. I find I use "normal" lengths less often than longer -- the FA100 gets as much use as everything shorter combined -- and while this is doubtless a side effect of not being all that interested in taking pictures of people, I don't think it's an indication of doing something wrong. -- Graydon -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
