Herewith a handy diagonal Angle of View (AV) table for several popular focal lengths on a 35mm film camera (lens focussed at infinity). The AV is approximate because actual focal lengths often deviate somewhat from nominal. 15mm lens = AV-110 19mm lens = AV-95.7 21mm lens = AV-92 24mm lens = AV-84 28mm lens = AV-76 35mm lens = AV-64 50mm lens = AV-45 60mm lens = AV-40 80mm lens = AV-29 90mm lens = AV-27 100mm lens = AV-22.5 180mm lens = AV-14 200mm lens = AV-12.5 250mm lens = AV-10 280mm lens = AV-8.8 400mm lens = AV-6 560mm lens = AV-4.4 For a smaller format, divide the above AV values by the crop factor, i.e., for the 60mm Macro-Elmarit-R on the DMR the AV is 40/1.37 = about 29 Doug Herr Birdman of Sacramento http://www.wildlightphoto.com ------ Unsubscribe or change to/from Digest Mode at: http://www.lrflex.furnfeather.net/ Archives are at: //www.freelists.org/archives/leicareflex/