vaughanbromfield

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

The 35mm lens will have a FFE of 52.5mm. Focal length doesn't change.

What's really happening is "focal length" is being used as a proxy for "angle of view". So the 35mm lens on crop sensor has the same angle of view as a 50mm lens on full frame, which is about 40˚. People relate to 50mm more easily than 40˚.

It actually goes further: a 50mm lens on full frame is about the same as a 150mm lens on 4x5, a 210mm on 5x7 and a 300mm lens on 8x10. On each of those formats the angle of view is about the same so the picture will turn out with about the same framing.