Size isn't everything
Especially when you’re trying to understand focal lengths with your digital camera!
Here are some interesting details on how your camera might be tricking you into thinking you’re getting the length you’re being told.
Entitled Angles of View…......thanks to B&H!
Enjoy, Stuart!!! (there are lots of numbers and things….)
Margaret Whyte
Thank you Mel – see you later!
Mel Brackstone replied
Sure thing Marg, just don’t ask me to explain this, ok? :)
roybarry
Numbers, numbers everywhere!!!!
Mel Brackstone replied
Just what an engineer likes….right? Oh hang on, maybe that’s figures? heh
TextureoftheSin
too early for math – I’ll come back later….
Mel Brackstone replied
It’s always too early for math….
Garth Smith
Thanks Mel, its good to see the table laid out with all the info.
Mel Brackstone replied
Glad you think so, Garth! Enjoy!
Garth Smith
I did spot a couple of apparent anomolies that look like mistakes though – Nikon & Canon 400 & 533mm.
Mel Brackstone replied
I believe there’s a contact link on the page, Garth!
Joanne Bradley
How interesting Mel. We sure learn something new everyday!
Mel Brackstone replied
Hopefully I can show this to my students, and they can understand better too! Thanks for dropping by, Joanne!
roybarry
Yeah-figures beat numbers everyday!
Mel Brackstone replied
absolutely!
Garth Smith
Nice handball Mel!
Mel Brackstone replied
I thought so :)
Stuart Chapman
I’m just lost in that table – wow! See you all in a week…..........
Mel Brackstone replied
muhahahaha
Lorraine Creagh
Thanks Mel. I understood all that…not….. I’ll pour another coffee and read it again. Very interesting information.
Mel Brackstone replied
I understood it too….also NOT! I’m dyslexic when it comes to maths…
Lorraine Creagh
Bugger the coffee, I think it might make more sense over a glass of red! If I still can’t make head or tails of the table, do they do it in illustrations???