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Help for angle of view conversion

Started Apr 7, 2018 | Questions thread
Martin.au
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Re: Help for angle of view conversion
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CapybaraFuture wrote:

Hi all,

First of all thank you very much for jumping in;

I am still trying to get my head around this.

From your feedback, I am understanding that if the values given by the manufacturers are accurate, I can conclude that I would have a slightly smaller angle of view with the wide angle Laowa 15mm than with the tiny vario 14-45mm Lumix kit lens. Can you please confirm super clearly that this is most likely true, just double checking to be sure I understand, sorry about that !

Yep. While there’s always some fuzz in focal length measurements, this is almost definitely the case.

I have a follow up question then : it sounds a bit like a waste to buy such a nice lens like the Laowa 15mm macro WA , and not benefit from its full potential. So would using an adapter with optical parts in it, be a smart way to recover the full 15mm field of view (again, working on M43 GH-4 here) ? If yes, any model recommendations ?

Thanks a lot

What are you buying the lens for?

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