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Old 24-11-2008, 06:52 PM
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Originally Posted by Kal View Post
so a 50mm lens on a full 35mm will give the equivalent field of view as a 75mm on your smaller DSLR sensor.
Wrong way round. A 50mm lens on a big (ie 35mm) sensor is going to give a much wider field of view than a longer focal length lens on a smaller sensor.
A 75mm lens on 35 mm will give (about) the same field of view as a 50mm lens on a DSLR sensor.
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