Re: Prime lenses for x1.6 focal length cameras

Peter Amey wrote:
In my (many) years of 35mm film photography, prime lense selection always seemed raher simple:

50mm gave a perspective that seemed natural to the human eye and could be considered "standard"; 35mm was moderately wide angle; 28mm rather wide angle and 80mm good for reducing depth of field in portraits.

Now that I have been seduced to the EOS400 world, with its accompanying 1.6 focal length multiplier, it all seem rather more awkward.

In an attempt to get a "standard" lens I have bought an EF 28mm f2.8. This works out as quite visibly more wide angle than a 50mm on a film camera. I did try an EF 35mm but its equivalent 56mm was markedly narrower in field of view than a 50mm on a film camera.

The only easy one was the 50mm which gives me the 80mm portrait lens I am used to.

So do I just have to get used to this or will some "standard" small sensor lenses eventually appear? Or is this why there are so many zooms about?

It really answers the recent crop of wider "standard kit zooms" that are about. Fixed focal length lenses are just not highly popular.

OTOH, if you simply crop the 28mm result a little bit, you will get a look very similar to the original 50mm result ... in fact center-to-edge sharpness will be a little better for anything up to about an 8x12 print. So just frame a little loosely and crop it a little in the computer later on.

Cheers,
Alan.

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