Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/07/01

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Subject: [Leica] OT: New Nikon D700 full frame
From: imagist3 at mac.com (Lottermoser George)
Date: Tue Jul 1 15:41:03 2008
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Thanks Frank. Drives me crazy (for no good reason - I suppose ;~)

We never called a 165mm anything other 165mm whether we used to  
expose 8x10, 5x7, 4x5 or 120 film.
Focal length doesn't change because we change format.

I suppose "crop factor" has some limited rhetorical uses.

Bottom line: get to know your format and you'll soon be able to  
visualize what any focal length lens will "look" like on that format.

Fond regards,
George
george@imagist.com
www.imagist.com
http://www.imagist.com/blog
Picture A Week - www.imagist.com/paw_07



On Jul 1, 2008, at 2:38 PM, Frank Filippone wrote:

>  It is NOT a 300 mm lens.  It is a 200 mm Lens with a smaller sensor.
> The angle of view has changed, not the FL.


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