Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/09/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]never understood "normal" (except as a city in Illinois) never met a normal person never met a normal lens glass plate, tintype cameras: 6.5 x 8.5 inches Full-plate 4.5 x 5.5 inches Half-plate 3.125 x 4.125 inches Quarter-plate 2.5 x 3.5 inches Sixth-plate 2 x 2.5 inches Ninth-plate 1.625 x 2.125 inches Sixteenth-plate .5 x 1 inch Gem film cameras that I've actually used: 12 x 20 inches 11 x 14 inches 8 x 10 inches 5 x 7 inches 4 x 5 inches 3.25 x 4.25 inches 2.25 x 3.25 inches various polaroid formats from 8x10 to sx70 2.25 x 2.75590553 inches 2.25 x 2.25 inches 24 x 36 mm 16 mm film cameras I've not used: half frame minox (what ever size that is) variwide (what ever size that is) and many other specialized formats Digital sensor cameras (a partial list): 4 x 3 mm 4.536 x 3.416 mm 4.8 x 3.6 mm 5.27 x 3.96 mm 6.4 x 4.8 mm 7.176 x 5.319 mm 8.8 x 6.6 mm 12.8 x 9.6 mm 18 x 13.5 mm 22.7 x 15.1 mm 23.7 x 15.6 mm 25.1 x 16.7 mm 36 x 24 mm 30 x 45 mm (Leica S2) 56 x 41.5 mm "normal" format and related lenses have never existed in the world of photography for more than a short time "normal" = whatever camera/lens you're making a photograph with Fond regards, George george@imagist.com http://www.imagist.com http://www.imagist.com/blog http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist On Sep 23, 2008, at 1:40 AM, Mark Rabiner wrote: > To me a normal lens is what spells it out.