OK, makes sense. But is the 50mm just a pseudonym for "normal lens for the
format"? We'd be talking 80mm on a 645, right? Or 25mm on the E-1....
Am I close?
-Mickey
----- Original Message -----
From: "Skip Williams" <om@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2003 9:34 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] Some info on the new E-1
> A .96x finder means with a 50mm lens the in-finder image will be 96% as
big as the image looked with your bare eyes.
>
> Viewinder coverage is measured at 96%, etc. It represents how much of the
on-film or on-sensor image you see in the viewfinder. 96 0s just about the
same as a mounted 35mm slide.
>
> Skip
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> >Subject: Re: [OM] Some info on the new E-1
> > From: "Mickey Trageser" <vze3m2s8@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2003 20:12:17 -0400
> > To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> >Yeah Tom, I always thought it meant that the viewfinder presents 960f
the
> >available image, regardless of focal length or apparent perspective.
> >
> >-Mickey
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Tom Scales" <tscales@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2003 7:40 PM
> >Subject: Re: [OM] Some info on the new E-1
> >
> >
> >> I don't think that is the right way to calculate that.
> >>
> >> Tom
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "C.H.Ling" <chling@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2003 7:29 PM
> >> Subject: Re: [OM] Some info on the new E-1
> >>
> >>
> >> > ----- Original Message -----
> >> > From: "Andrew Dacey" <frugal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> >
> >> > > Subject: RE: [OM] Some info on the new E-1
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> > > > One problem unsolved, the viewfinder mag. of 0.96x with 50mm lens
is
> >> too
> >> > > > small!
> >> > >
> >> > > Isn't this the same magnification as most of the OM's?
> >> > >
> >> >
> >> > No! 50mm in E-system is 100mm, you have to devide by two, that is
tiny
> >> > 0.48x.
> >> >
> >> > C.H.Ling
> >> >
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