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Old 08-07-2008, 12:20 PM   #12
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Originally Posted by JJJPhoto View Post
I don't think that holds water. If that were true then when I hold my K10D with 28mm lens up to my eye and look through the viewfinder I would see the same perspective as I see if I took the camera away and looked with the same one eye.

I don't.

I see more of the scene with ONE eye than I do with a 28mm lens mounted to my K10D.

Even if i move my head (and eye) forward to where the front element of the lens was I still see a wider field of view than the 28mm lens.

There goes that theory.

well, when i put a 50mm, even on my DSLR, and have both eyes open, the things in the viewfinder are the same size as in real life

when i put on a 20mm, things in the view finder are shrunk more compared to the real eye

and when i put on a 200mm, things in the view finder are magnified compared to the real eye

i just did this, cuz i happen to have all 3 here...
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