Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/08/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]In einer eMail vom 08.08.97 21:30:49, schreiben Sie: << Does anyone know why 80mm is considered preferable for the 6-by-6 format? I believe that 50mm became a de-facto standard, because it was first used by Oscar Barnack before WWI and later in most Leica TM cameras. >> I assume that the reason for this is very simple: a 80 mm lens in 6x6 equals a 50 mm lens in 35 mm, so the lens designers just made the standard for lenses equal in both formats. Besides this I do prefer slightly longer normal lenses. 40 mm (as experienced with a Rollei 35) is definitely a very boring focal length for me. Frank