On Wed, 26 Jan 2000, Dirk and Carla Wright wrote:
> Slow speed wide angle lenses are not as big a handicap as slow speed teles
> because the depth of field is so much greater with wide angle lenses, which
> makes focussing less critical.
And don't forget you can use longer hand-held exposure times with a
wide-angle.
Which reminds me: I've thought for some time that the term "shutter
speed" is a particularly misleading misnomer. The shutter always moves
at exactly the same speed and the units are those of *time* not speed.
"Exposure time" is a much better term. Confusingly, we do talk about
exposure times for long exposures and when discussing printing.
Join the campaign for better terminology now!
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