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Actual FOV 23 f2 not 35mm equivalent?

Started May 8, 2018 | Discussions thread
oscarvdvelde Senior Member • Posts: 1,421
Re: Actual FOV 23 f2 not 35mm equivalent?

vegetaleb wrote:

People did the same test with a 23mm f2 vs 18-55mm and they came to the conclusion that the 23mm f2 is somehow 21.5mm.

Edit: Found the original comparison photos of 23 f2 vs 18-55 at 22.8mm

Photo 1 : 23 f2 lens

Photo 2 : 18-55 lens

But do you trust the digital readout of the 18-55mm? Both lenses can be off.

Nevertheless, in the film era you rarely saw the entire negative (when printed) or slide (when framed), and viewfinders often showed only 97% of the image. So if you used the lens on a digital camera it became a bit wider. Also, if you shoot raw you may find a wider image than the corrected in-camera JPEG.

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