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Re: [OM] DPReview on the "standard lens"

Subject: Re: [OM] DPReview on the "standard lens"
From: Fernando Gonzalez Gentile <fgnzalez@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 24 May 2009 16:23:34 -0300
Chuck, just finished reading it.

It gives me a perfect reasoning to justify my reluctance of cropping my 
photographs ... (see first comment, below the article - if I understood 
it right).

:-)

Fernando.

Chuck Norcutt wrote:
> Ummm.  Did anyone actually read the reference I posted?  The definition 
> of a standard lens as a geometric reference was the whole point of the 
> article.
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
>
> Carlos J. Santisteban wrote:
>
>   
>> I agree with AG -- 50mm is too narrow as "standard" for me....
>>
>> There's no magic with the 50mm focal. I think the definition of a "standard"
>> lens is a confrontation of subjective, artistic views and technical
>> reasons; 43.3mm is just a geometric reference.
>>     


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