[Leica] OT: New Nikon D700 full frame

[richard-lists at imagecraft.com (Richard Man)]

I think that's exactly the problem. The APS-C'ish format cameras are 
introduced as being able to take your old 35mm SLR lens, but not 
exactly. Plus that the format is still young and 1.5 is not that far 
away from the 1x, add to the problems of visualizing with this new 
format. The 4/3 format 2X is sufficiently far that after using it for 
a few months, I can visualize when to use the 12-60mm vs. the 35-100 
and think in terms of those FLs.


At 03:40 PM 7/1/2008, Lottermoser George wrote:
>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.

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