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Subject: [Leica] How did 50mm become the "normal" lens for 35mm cameras? DOUGLAS
From: photo.philippe.amard at gmail.com (Philippe)
Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2016 22:15:55 +0200
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I also still have a Retinette and a Minister in some drawer ? fond memories

Or it is we're living in the same house ;-)

Amities
Philippe


Le 17 sept. 2016 ? 01:34, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> a ?crit :

> According to my list, I have a Halina 35X somewhere in the attic with a 
> 45mm, a couple of Kodak Retinette 1s with 45mms, and a Yashica Minister 
> also with a 45mm.
> 
> Douglas
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Adam Bridge" <abridge683 at 
> fastmail.com>
> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
> Sent: Friday, September 16, 2016 10:45 PM
> Subject: [Leica] How did 50mm become the "normal" lens for 35mm cameras?
> 
> 
>> Let me back up a moment.
>> 
>> I was taught that a ?normal? lens is one whose focal length matches the 
>> diagonal of the film/sensor frame.
>> 
>> For 35mm film as shot by, say, a Leica M6, that turns out to be 43mm - 
>> midway between a wide 35mm lens and a 50mm lens which I have sometimes 
>> seen called a ?short telephoto? perhaps even by B&H.
>> 
>> Now as I remember from my cinema days 35mm movies are shot at the same 
>> aspect ratio as still but have different dimensions since they are shot 
>> with the long edge running across the film instead of the short edge as 
>> is the case for full frame 35mm film photography (except, I?m guessing, 
>> half-frame 35mm but now I?m totally out of school having never seen one 
>> of these cameras.
>> 
>> That?s where I?m coming from. And wondering why we don?t see more 
>> 40-something focal length lenses. I know that there 48?s out there? Nikon 
>> maybe from the old days? Mark Rabiner, you talked about this at some 
>> point, I think.
>> 
>> Thanks
>> 
>> Adam
>> 
>> 
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Replies: Reply from imra at iol.ie (Douglas Barry) ([Leica] How did 50mm become the "normal" lens for 35mm cameras?DOUGLAS)
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