Actual FOV 23 f2 not 35mm equivalent?

Truman Prevatt wrote:

drewmey123 wrote:

Just Shoot Me wrote:

Let me ask you this.

If you switched tomorrow to a FF camera would you convert UP from the cropped Fuji sensor size?

No, because I am still used to FF FOV's even after using Fuji for a couple years. You can't undo years of thinking one way. It is not offensive to Fuji to talk in equivalence. It just helps you gain a better understanding of the format.

A FF shooter who was considering MF would probably convert down back to FF FOV so that they could "better understand" the FOV that they are going to get before turning the camera on.

I have owned and used film cameras in the formats of 135 (35mm), 645 (4.5x6), 6x6, 6x7 and 4x5. In never wasted my time converting because the focal length equivalence non sense. Angle of view is defined by the sensor diagonal. Given an equivalent focal length on a 35 mm and a 6x6 produce completely different images because the aspect ratio is different.

I used, understood and learned what each focal length produced and why - that made it quite easy in switch formats which I did often. So here is one guy that doesn't care about the equivalence non sense.

Well power to you. But many [most by now] do not have your film experience. Still, many want to discuss how one format compares to another. Equivalence is a way to have a common language. It is not perfect, but it certainly is not nonsense.If you have a better way of answering the OP's question, you have not shown it.