Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/04/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>Since the angle of "normal" visual perception in humans agrees to the >overlapping impression from both your eyes, the angle is definitely larger >than from a 50 mm (it agrees to a 35), even if one eye covered an area of >only 47 deg (which is not true). What I objected to is that this claim that normal lenses can't be defined becuase the angle of vision is not as narrow as a "normal" lens. What I said was that the overall impression left by a 43mm lens most closely represents what we look at with our eyes because of magnification. If he doesn't want to believe it, fine, but that doesn't make it right, or any reason to denigrate people for using the term "normal" for generally accepted reasons, even if the reason isn't all inclusivly correct. ======= Eric Welch St. Joseph, MO http://www.ponyexpress.net/~ewelch