On 23 Dec 2004 at 15:52, William Robb wrote: > I had always thought that 28mm was about the widest angle lens that > could be made with simple and inexpensive optical designs.
Maybe so. I just get annoyed when lenses are prescribed photographic "functions", to me a lens designation and focal length tells me no more that its effective AOV and whether I can expect it to be capable of nearing 1:1 mag ratios. The more we speak about certain focal lengths being ideal for a certain situation the more likely images of that subject begin to look homogeneous. Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998
