Pics of MX-3 on Track at Road Atlanta From Sunday

[atlantamx3]

mmm I dont think so, Jason. (it is Jason, right?)

A 50mm on my Minolta SLR is different than on my DSLR.

That and I have read that info in various places and the folks @ Wolf told me that too...

Is everyone wrong?

[speedminded]

mmm I dont think so, Jason. (it is Jason, right?)

A 50mm on my Minolta SLR is different than on my DSLR.

That and I have read that info in various places and the folks @ Wolf told me that too...

Is everyone wrong?

Would you take any technical car advice from a car salesman or porter? Basically the same principal. At Wolf, with the exception of those who are photographers basically there as a second job for the steady pay are normally the only people you want any advice from from...and even then it's sketchy. The rest are salesman.


Film and full frame camera's compared to our small format camera's that have a crop factor both shoot at the exact same magnification. If you take the same picture from each and overlay them at 100% you will see this, the only differance is a camera that has a crop factor records a smaller portion of the image giving it the APPEARANCE of a larger picture. It's called a 'crop factor' for a reason, there is no such thing as magnification factor and there is NO magnification -- so yes, anyone that thinks that IS wrong. A 300mm is a 300mm is a 300mm...Focal length is focal length, period.


I can give you literally HUNDRED's of links from the most knowledgeable photographers in the world explaining this:

http://photography-on-the.net/forum/...ad.php?t=45388

Here's my attempt at visualizing the actual affect of the .6X crop factor in the 10D vs. a 35mm or full frame sensor.

Area bounded by the black circle represents the image as the lens records it. The red rectangle bounds an area equal to the image as seen by a 35mm film or FFS digital camera. The blue rectangle represents the image area recorded on the 10D sensor. There is no magnification; it's just a smaller portion of the same image.

Tom