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[OM] Why is the 50mm the brightest lens?

Subject: [OM] Why is the 50mm the brightest lens?
From: "Daniel J. Mitchell" <DanielMitchell@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2001 09:18:29 -0600
Just been looking at pages listing all the lenses I'd like, and I noticed
that the brightness seems to peak at 50mm.

 I can understand why it'll fade off as the lens gets longer, because
there's more glass there -- but why isn't the 16mm f0.6? Is it some sort of
coincidence that 50mm happens to match up with the least amount of glass and
that's why it's the "standard" lens?

 -- dan

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