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"Chris Brown" wrote in message news In article , Nostrobino wrote: Well, not necessarily, though of course the more people who misuse the term, the harder it will be to correct it. Most people do not want to use wrong terminology since it makes them look ignorant. In the case of "prime" being used to mean FFL, this has only spread because readers who have not seen the term before, and then see it used by people they assume are knowledgeable, naturally adopt it themselves. I know this may give you apoplexy, but my nice shiny EOS 5D which I bought yesterday includes, in the box, an accessories catalogue from Canon, which amongst other things features a complete list of their current EF lens range. They split it up into the following categories (from memory): Zoom Macro Tilt and Shift and, yes, Prime, which lists all of their fixed-focal length lenses (apart from the Macros and T&S). So at least one manufacturer is using the term to mean fixed-focal length. That is *NOT* how Canon categorizes them on their web site: http://consumer.usa.canon.com/ir/con...categoryid=111 There, as you can see, they separate EOS lenses into these categories: Ultra-Wide Zoom Standard Zoom Telephoto Zoom Wide-Angle Standard & Medium Telephoto Telephoto Super Telephoto Macro Tilt-Shift And no mention of "prime" in any way, shape, manner or form. But there is no question that the misuse has crept into what *should* be responsible and even authoritative areas. In the past couple of years I have seen "prime" misused (maybe two or three times) by caption writers in Pop Photo, though the mistake was not repeated in the actual editorial content. There have been a few other examples too. The cases so far have been few and relatively isolated. There's no reason the disease cannot be eradicated. We stamped out smallpox, didn't we? N. |
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