----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob S" Subject: Re: "normal" focal length of *ist-D?
> Bill, John, & Tom, > > So now I'm really confused... > > A 55mm lens on an old 35mm Spotmatic gives a 'natural' view. > (The view thru the viewfinder and thru the other eye look about the same.) > > Now put a 50mm on the *ist-D and you get the same viewfinder view??? > So does the viewfinder have generous crop lines showing where the image will > get chopped? > Isn't the 50mm lens going to look like a 75mm and only get the middle of the > image you see? > > Help... I think the viewfinder is probably lifted pretty much straight out of a 35mm camera, except the screen appears smaller. It's still wysisyg, more or less. The LX screen appears to be much larger when looking through it's viewfinder. William Robb
