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Two things:
1. I understand that 50mm is actually a very slight telephoto, and that it became the standard, "normal" lens because slightly longer lenses were easier to make well in the early days, and that the closest focal length to the ideal of normal that 50mm supposedly replicates is about 42mm.
Coincidentally, that is exactly what a 28mm lens is on a 1.5x crop sensor.
2.>>56598 >limited depth of field http://www.luminous-landscape.com/tutorials/dof2.shtml
I was skeptical at first, too, but I shot with this article in the back of my mind for a few weeks and realized it was true.
>>56601 I don't think the four-thirds system sucks. It's smaller and lighter than other systems, optimized for the way digital sensors work, and the only inherent disadvantage is more noise. It also would have more DoF, because of the smaller sensor, but that can be a positive or a negative, depending on one's style and needs.
Now, from everything I hear, the cameras being made with it aren't worth it, but the system itself is sound. And if one really wants a 50mm f/1.8 (or rather, a 100mm f/1.8, unless anyone here is shooting with a full frame camera, a 28mm f/1.8 on a Nikon, or a 31.25mm f/1.8 on a Canon, they're not shooting with a 50 f/1.8) I understand there are adapter rings that will fit other mounts to four-thirds cameras.
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