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Re:Telephoto fear: how lenses affect views of crowds by ghaff on Wednesday January 27, 2021 @12:25PM (#25930975)
~40mm isn't that unusual. I have a 40mm pancake lens for my full-frame DSLR and I've had rangefinders with about that fixed focal length and it was pretty common as the low-end of a lot of digital point and shoots.
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Re:Telephoto fear: how lenses affect views of crowds by nicoburns on Wednesday January 27, 2021 @12:44PM (#25931249)
It's true. But it's also not nearly as common as 50mm (or even 35mm) on DSLRs
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Re:Telephoto fear: how lenses affect views of crowds by ghaff on Wednesday January 27, 2021 @01:22PM (#25931787)
Certainly. Before zooms became common, 50mm was absolutely the standard "kit" lens for an SLR. Personally, I always preferred something a bit wider for day-to-day. Of course, most people generally use zooms these days.
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