Hi Garth,
At 2000 May 9 - Tuesday 8:38, Garth Wood
spoke about *Re: [OM] Other ultra-wides?...* saying
...
> The reason I prefer the 21/2.0 is simple: the viewfinder image is
> considerably brighter, and my eyes have always preferred trying to
> focus in bright light. If I could get a 21/0.001, I would.
> Of course, the damn thing would be bigger than my car, and when I
> took the front lens cap off, all the photons in the vicinity would
> get sucked in to its event horizon... "It's a miracle! I CAN
> SEE!" "No, Garth just put the lens cap back on." ;-)
Yep, by my calculations that 21/0.001 would be 21 meters wide, plus
any extra due to retrofocus design. Bigger than many buses. I wonder
what the depth of field would be....
> Garth
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