Why does 80mm seem like a wide angle in 6x6?

On Sun, 02 May 2004 12:23:29 +0200, Mxsmanic
wrote:

I know that my 80mm lens is supposedly a "standard" focal length for
6x6, but why does it seem like a wide angle when I compose with it? It
seems wider than a 50mm lens in 35mm, for some reason. Often I realize
that a shot I might have composed with a 50mm in 35mm seems to demand a
150mm in 6x6.
50mm is not standard for a 24x36mm format. If you use the whole image
standard is 43mm, if you use the "ideal" portion it 38mm which means
for an 8x10 inch print 50mm is actually 1.32 power or equal to a 94mm
on a 56x44mm image (ideal part of a 6x6.

THOM

Is this just an illusion of some sort or what? Technically they
_should_ be similar, but they just don't seem to look that way when I
actually sight through the viewfinder. I'm always surprised by the
angle covered by the 80mm.

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