Re: M8 comments :-)

Mark Bohrer offered in response:
Subject: Re: M8 comments :-)


Mike:
The brochure states that mounting a lens to the M8 activates frames with correct fields of view for 24/35mm, 90/50mm, and 75mm lenses.

Use a 1.33X multiplier on full-frame focal length to get what the M8 sees. So your 90mm would see a 120mm field of view as you point out, and a 35mm would see a 46.6mm field of view.<<<

I see all this number stuff one of the continuing things of making people think more about numbers rather than... "put the lens on the camera and what you see is what you get!" Shoot! Don't waste time thinking numbers!

When we put a lens on an M7 certain frame lines come in the view finder and we frame within those guidelines and that's all there is to it. No figuring back and forth calculating the focal lengths changed due to the sensor factor.

With the M8 I just put the lens on looked through the view finder, composed the picture within the frame lines and shot!

The fact it was the Noctilux and the 1.3 comparison produced a 76mm? or what the hell it was didn't matter... I just framed with the view finder .... click!

The biggest problem with digtal of any kind, lens or machine, people waste way too much time constantly thinking what it's doing and not enough of what they used to do.... "concentrating on producing fine looking photographs!"

If you put a 100mm lens on a 20D and you hand the camera to a shooter with no experience he or she will compose and shoot the picture as seen, period.

Now do the same thing with a user who knows the lens is no longer a 100mm but a 160mm and they'll begin thinking about that, instead of concentrating on what they see on the ground glass.

And it constantly goes on forever! We see the question come up over and over again about how lens focal lengths will change with the M8, quite frabkly who the hell really cares if your concentrating on producing interesting photographs..... Put lens on, look in view finder, compose using the guidelines and ... click!

Move on to next subject and that's all there is to it. Besides if you find your a little too close step back until you have what you want or in reverse... step forward for better cropping. Like didn't any of you ever do that when you found you didn't have the lens that would've given you a tighter framing when you didn't own a longer lens?

ted 


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