camera lense?

someon please explain how the camera lense size works?

i'm looking into the new Canon A400, but was warned that the lense is
45-100mm, which is good for people pics, but not landscapes.

what would be a "standard" lense size, for an "average" camera?

any advice on the A400? should i stay away just because of the lense?

Landscapes and photos of groups of people, like around a table at a
party or in a room at Christmas _usually_ are subjects for a wide angle
lens. The A400 has a 5.9mm - 13.2mm f/3.8 lens. That lens is about the
same view as a 45-100mm lens on a standard 35 mm.

That 13.2mm part of the zoom is a very mild telephoto. They use digital
zoom to get more, but that decreases the quality of the image (like cropping
a film negative) and you don't need that done in the camera you can do it
afterwards in your computer.

The 5.9mm part of the zoom is very close the the "normal" 47.5mm of a 35
mm camera.

In short, the camera lacks a wide angle lens and the telephoto is not
much of a telephoto.


--
Joseph E. Meehan

26 + 6 = 1 It's Irish Math


"Martin Lynch" wrote in message
om...
someon please explain how the camera lense size works?

i'm looking into the new Canon A400, but was warned that the lense is
45-100mm, which is good for people pics, but not landscapes.

what would be a "standard" lense size, for an "average" camera?

any advice on the A400? should i stay away just because of the lense?

On 2 Oct 2004 11:13:08 -0700, (Martin Lynch) wrote:

someon please explain how the camera lense size works?

i'm looking into the new Canon A400, but was warned that the lense is
45-100mm, which is good for people pics, but not landscapes.

what would be a "standard" lense size, for an "average" camera?

any advice on the A400? should i stay away just because of the lense?


The 'standard' lens is considered to be 50mm, so that camera has the standard
lens.

However, you may want to get a camera with much more zoom capability, that one
is very small. (x2)

I like to go from about 35mm up to 300mm or even 400mm.

My favorite 'walking around' lens is 42 to 450, but that's hard to find on a
digital.

Subject: camera lense?
From: Bob
Date: 10/2/2004 2:35 PM Pacific Standard Time

My favorite 'walking around' lens is 42 to 450, but that's hard to find on a
digital.


The Kodak 6490 with 10X zoom is pretty close to that.


Arthur Kramer
344th BG 494th BS
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Subject: camera lense?
From: Bob
Date: 10/2/2004 2:35 PM Pacific Standard Time

My favorite 'walking around' lens is 42 to 450, but that's hard to find on a
digital.


The Kodak 6490 with 10X zoom is pretty close to that.


Arthur Kramer
344th BG 494th BS
England, France, Belgium, Holland, Germany
Visit my WW II B-26 website at:
http://www.coastcomp.com/artkramer

I only have one small comment. 45mm for a 35 mm camera is a slight
(very slight) wide angle. Most 35 mm have a 50 +mm, many have 52,
mine has a 58mm.

Joseph Meehan wrote:

Landscapes and photos of groups of people, like around a table at a
party or in a room at Christmas _usually_ are subjects for a wide angle
lens. The A400 has a 5.9mm - 13.2mm f/3.8 lens. That lens is about the
same view as a 45-100mm lens on a standard 35 mm.

That 13.2mm part of the zoom is a very mild telephoto. They use digital
zoom to get more, but that decreases the quality of the image (like cropping
a film negative) and you don't need that done in the camera you can do it
afterwards in your computer.

The 5.9mm part of the zoom is very close the the "normal" 47.5mm of a 35
mm camera.

In short, the camera lacks a wide angle lens and the telephoto is not
much of a telephoto.

--
Joseph E. Meehan

26 + 6 = 1 It's Irish Math

"Martin Lynch" wrote in message
om...
someon please explain how the camera lense size works?

i'm looking into the new Canon A400, but was warned that the lense is
45-100mm, which is good for people pics, but not landscapes.

what would be a "standard" lense size, for an "average" camera?

any advice on the A400? should i stay away just because of the lense?

That warning is bogus, probably by someone trying to get you to
another camera. The less difference between long and short focal
length, other things being equal, the higher quality of the lens,
i.e., a single focal length lens usually produces the highest
resolution. There is no, people lens, and no landscape lens. A
35mm equivalent pf 90 to 105mm is often selected for portraits to
avoid distortion of facial features. 35mm enthusiasts, may select a
50mm lens for landscapes or 135mm, or longer lens. It just depends on
how close you can get to your subject and how much you want show. A
45-100 mm equivalent lens sounds pretty good, but is a little less
than the common 3x lens on many digital cameras.

Martin Lynch wrote:

someon please explain how the camera lense size works?

i'm looking into the new Canon A400, but was warned that the lense is
45-100mm, which is good for people pics, but not landscapes.

what would be a "standard" lense size, for an "average" camera?

any advice on the A400? should i stay away just because of the lense?

13.2mm divided by 5.9mm, equals about 2.2.

Is that how you calculate optical zoom, or is it just a coincidence
that my math is equal to the zoom that they spec'd for this camera?


"Joseph Meehan" wrote in message .. .
Landscapes and photos of groups of people, like around a table at a
party or in a room at Christmas _usually_ are subjects for a wide angle
lens. The A400 has a 5.9mm - 13.2mm f/3.8 lens. That lens is about the
same view as a 45-100mm lens on a standard 35 mm.

That 13.2mm part of the zoom is a very mild telephoto. They use digital
zoom to get more, but that decreases the quality of the image (like cropping
a film negative) and you don't need that done in the camera you can do it
afterwards in your computer.

The 5.9mm part of the zoom is very close the the "normal" 47.5mm of a 35
mm camera.

In short, the camera lacks a wide angle lens and the telephoto is not
much of a telephoto.


--
Joseph E. Meehan

26 + 6 = 1 It's Irish Math


"Martin Lynch" wrote in message
om...
someon please explain how the camera lense size works?

i'm looking into the new Canon A400, but was warned that the lense is
45-100mm, which is good for people pics, but not landscapes.

what would be a "standard" lense size, for an "average" camera?

any advice on the A400? should i stay away just because of the lense?

George E. Cawthon wrote:
I only have one small comment. 45mm for a 35 mm camera is a slight
(very slight) wide angle. Most 35 mm have a 50 +mm, many have 52,
mine has a 58mm.

True, but by definition "normal" is about 47.5 mm. It's based on the
diagonal of the film or sensor.


Joseph Meehan wrote:

Landscapes and photos of groups of people, like around a table at a
party or in a room at Christmas _usually_ are subjects for a wide angle
lens. The A400 has a 5.9mm - 13.2mm f/3.8 lens. That lens is about the
same view as a 45-100mm lens on a standard 35 mm.

That 13.2mm part of the zoom is a very mild telephoto. They use
digital zoom to get more, but that decreases the quality of the image
(like cropping a film negative) and you don't need that done in the
camera
you can do it afterwards in your computer.

The 5.9mm part of the zoom is very close the the "normal" 47.5mm of a
35 mm camera.

In short, the camera lacks a wide angle lens and the telephoto is not
much of a telephoto.

--
Joseph E. Meehan

26 + 6 = 1 It's Irish Math

"Martin Lynch" wrote in message
om...
someon please explain how the camera lense size works?

i'm looking into the new Canon A400, but was warned that the lense is
45-100mm, which is good for people pics, but not landscapes.

what would be a "standard" lense size, for an "average" camera?

any advice on the A400? should i stay away just because of the lense?

--
Joseph E. Meehan

26 + 6 = 1 It's Irish Math

Martin Lynch wrote:
13.2mm divided by 5.9mm, equals about 2.2.

That just means the zoom ratio. a 2mm to 4.4mm or a 100 mm to 220 would
also be a 2.2:1 zoom ratios (that 2.2 is a ratio not an absolute. The first
would be an extreme wide angle and the second a long telephoto.

That ratio is the difference between one end and the other of the zoom,
it does not indicate anything about how many times larger than normal it
will deliver.


Is that how you calculate optical zoom, or is it just a coincidence
that my math is equal to the zoom that they spec'd for this camera?


"Joseph Meehan" wrote in message
.. .
Landscapes and photos of groups of people, like around a table at a
party or in a room at Christmas _usually_ are subjects for a wide angle
lens. The A400 has a 5.9mm - 13.2mm f/3.8 lens. That lens is about the
same view as a 45-100mm lens on a standard 35 mm.

That 13.2mm part of the zoom is a very mild telephoto. They use
digital zoom to get more, but that decreases the quality of the image
(like cropping a film negative) and you don't need that done in the
camera
you can do it afterwards in your computer.

The 5.9mm part of the zoom is very close the the "normal" 47.5mm of a
35 mm camera.

In short, the camera lacks a wide angle lens and the telephoto is not
much of a telephoto.


--
Joseph E. Meehan

26 + 6 = 1 It's Irish Math


"Martin Lynch" wrote in message
om...
someon please explain how the camera lense size works?

i'm looking into the new Canon A400, but was warned that the lense is
45-100mm, which is good for people pics, but not landscapes.

what would be a "standard" lense size, for an "average" camera?

any advice on the A400? should i stay away just because of the lense?

--
Joseph E. Meehan

26 + 6 = 1 It's Irish Math