Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/09/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jay: I have that excellent Pentax 43mm f1.8 lens, as well as a Pentax pancake lens f3.5 40mm. JimH On 9/16/16 9:17 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote: > I have a Retinette as well, with a 45mm Schneider lens. Nikon used to make > a 45mm f2.8 pancake lens, Fuji has a 27mm f2.8 pancake lens for their X > mount (40.5mm equivalent), and if memory serves me right, Pentax used to > make a 43mm f1.8 lens. > Cheers > Jayanand > > Sent from my iPad > >> On 17-Sep-2016, at 05:04, Douglas Barry<imra at iol.ie> wrote: >> >> According to my list, I have a Halina 35X somewhere in the attic with a >> 45mm, a couple of Kodak Retinette 1s with 45mms, and a Yashica Minister >> also with a 45mm. >> Douglas >> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Adam Bridge"<abridge683 at >> fastmail.com> >> To: "Leica Users Group"<lug at leica-users.org> >> Sent: Friday, September 16, 2016 10:45 PM >> Subject: [Leica] How did 50mm become the "normal" lens for 35mm cameras? >> >> >>> Let me back up a moment. >>> >>> I was taught that a ?normal? lens is one whose focal length matches the >>> diagonal of the film/sensor frame. >>> >>> For 35mm film as shot by, say, a Leica M6, that turns out to be 43mm - >>> midway between a wide 35mm lens and a 50mm lens which I have sometimes >>> seen called a ?short telephoto? perhaps even by B&H. >>> >>> Now as I remember from my cinema days 35mm movies are shot at the same >>> aspect ratio as still but have different dimensions since they are shot >>> with the long edge running across the film instead of the short edge as >>> is the case for full frame 35mm film photography (except, I?m guessing, >>> half-frame 35mm but now I?m totally out of school having never seen one >>> of these cameras. >>> >>> That?s where I?m coming from. And wondering why we don?t see more >>> 40-something focal length lenses. I know that there 48?s out there? >>> Nikon maybe from the old days? Mark Rabiner, you talked about this at >>> some point, I think. >>> >>> Thanks >>> >>> Adam >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information