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Can 24mm cropped be equivalent to 28mm? (24 f/2.8 IS vs 28 f/2.8 IS)

Started Feb 22, 2013 | Questions thread
misolo Contributing Member • Posts: 945
Re: Can 24mm cropped be equivalent to 28mm? (24 f/2.8 IS vs 28 f/2.8 IS)
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If you make an exposure with the 24mm at f/2.8 and crop to the field of view of 28mm, you'll have something very similar to the image you'd have gotten with the 28mm at around f/3.3. With the 6D you'll also be down to 15MP from 20MP.

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