Which is more important, the heart or the head? Each of us will decide and act accordingly.
[Previously, on the PDML] >>> I thought I would be at home with the 31mm limited on the D, but >>> using a >>> wide angle lens to achieve a normal-length crop is a bit wonky to >>> me. I >>> still like it, I wish I was using a 50mm focal length instead of a >>> 31mm >>> lens cropped. >> >> ??? >> >> I don't know how you can tell the difference. The lenses' rendering >> qualities might be slightly different with respect to out of focus >> elements and rectilinear correction, but with regard to field of view >> and perspective: if the field of view is the same, the perspective >> will look the same. > >The field of view is the same, but that doesn't say anything about the >transform taking place optically. The image from 50mm crop of a ~31mm >lens != 50mm >full frame. Try it. You can really see it when you're framing, and it >makes for weird magnification of things close to the lens. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=====| http://www.cottysnaps.com _____________________________ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

