Might it simply be that, at the time 35mm was introduced, it was a lot
easier to make a 50mm lens of reasonable speed than a 43mm lens?
Chuck Norcutt
Earl Dunbar wrote:
> I guess that depends on whether those print sizes were common and/or
> standard when the 35mm camera was introduced. It does make sense
> though, and I think that many are too shy to get close enough ("if your
> pictures aren't good enough, you're not close enough" -- Capa,) so maybe
> that was a motivation for the 50 as a standard.
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