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Re: [OM] Mind Bender (intermediate focal length?)

Subject: Re: [OM] Mind Bender (intermediate focal length?)
From: Jim Brokaw <jbrokaw@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2002 22:42:34 -0800
on 11/25/02 3:10 PM, AG Schnozz at agschnozz@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

> I think this is a "modern math" thing.  If multiplications are
> supposed to be rough multiples of focal length then why is 135mm
> the oddball?  Hmm????
> 
> AG-Schnozz

Maybe it was the longest focal length that could be effectively (or is that
affectively?) focused with a rangefinder, such as the early 35mm cameras
had...?
-- 

Jim Brokaw
OM-1's, -2's, -4's, (no -3's yet) and no OM-oney... 


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