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Same Focal Length / NOT same angle of view ?? Panasonic 14mm, Olympus 12-40

Started Jul 5, 2015 | Questions thread
OrdinarilyInordinate
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Re: Same Focal Length / NOT same angle of view ?? Panasonic 14mm, Olympus 12-40
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A millimeter of zoom is actually a fairly wide range at the lower focal lengths.  You can test and see that as you slowly rotate the zoom ring, the value on the screen will remain, say, 16mm, but you'll have changed your FoV noticeably.  So it's probably a combination of you turning toward the end of the 14mm range on the 12-40mm lens (just about at 15mm), combined with some calibration errors.

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