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Re: [OM] 24mm Angle of View

Subject: Re: [OM] 24mm Angle of View
From: "Paul D. Farrar" <farrar@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 9 Feb 1999 01:08:11 -0600
At 11:41 PM 2/8/99 EST, you wrote:
>If a 24 mm lens has an 84 deg. angle of view, and if you used maximum shift of
>10mm on the 25/shift, what would be the equivalent rectilinear wide angle to
>take in the same undistorted image?  (This is difficult to ask clearly).
>Would a 14mm or 15mm allow me to to use just the top half of the photo to keep
>rectilinearity and would this allow me to get in more of the building than the
>24 shift?

According to the Olympus Lens Handbook, it is equivalent to an 18mm.

>
>In other words, would this be a good lens to take on a slot canyon trip?
>
>Thanks.
>
>Warren Kato
>
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