On 13 June 2011 10:07, John Francis <jo...@panix.com> wrote: > "35mm equivalent focal length" is every bit as directly comparable as > "angle of view", They are both numerical measures which can be used > to compare different system formats, with the advantage that one of > them can be found printed on most lenses and brochures, and corresponds > to a scale which many of us have learned as a ready reference system. > I'd have to resort to a pause for thought to work out what a 30-degree > field of view was, but I reckon everybody here knows what to expect > from a lens marked as 80mm equivalent focal length. > > I'd side with Winston Churchill, and opt for clarity of communication.
Absolutely, my P&S has printed around the lens 6.0-22.5mm, it means jack sh*t, the zoom scale on the rear display is shows 28-105, that I can relate to. -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- 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.
