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Like Omega! If you like it, buy it; if you don't like it, don't buy it! It's so easy.
Normal lens 135 format: 47mm is diagonal of FF. Some american 35mm cameras had 47mm normal lenses. Camera industry in 50's/60's was almost all German; i.e..the 35mm inventor Leica, Contax, Voightlander etc. Until the cheap Japan made cameras took over the market. A round -up to 50mm became the,"normal, what the human eye sees", lens. Rangefinder and dual lens cameras were the standard cameras. Then a great breakthrough in camera technology came upon the scene along with, SPUDNIK! "SINGLE LENS REFLEX", TA DAN TA LA!The greatest milk cow that NIKON and CANON, "have ever invested in"! Hang on to this SPUDNIK, 50'S Era GOLD MINE AS LONG AS YOU CAN,
Because of the long "flange-back" of the SLR cameras, caused by the mirror, it became necessary to make the 55mm, the normal, 135 format lens,"Normal".
Cameras are tools. When you go to the hardware store to buy a tool to do a job, ask the pro which is the best tool!
SAME WITH CAMERAS.
It ROCKS!, I just tried it and it gave me even more than expected. RIGHT ON!!!