On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 10:58:23AM -0500, CheekyGeek wrote: > > Well a focal length is a focal length is a focal length but if you are > an old school 35mm film shooter then a particular lens focal length > translates in your mind to a particular field-of-view. When you crop > that you haven't changed the effect of the focal length (think: > squashed depth with a particular telephoto focal length, for example) > but you HAVE changed the field-of-view.
Bad choice of example. The "squashed depth" effect is a function solely of the combination of shooting position and angle of view, and nothing to do with focal length. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
