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<blockquote data-quote="Sandpatch" data-source="post: 140187" data-attributes="member: 10543"><p>I have a question about DX lens cropping and I hardly know how to ask it.</p><p></p><p>For 40 years I shot 35mm film and recognized that a 50mm prime offered the best real life reproduction of what my eyes saw, without the "distortion" that a wide angle lens or telephoto lens brings.</p><p></p><p>With my D5100 I often use my 18-55mm kit lens. If I wish to achieve the same "real life", distortion-free view with my kit lens, what would I set it at? 33mm in view of its 1.5 crop factor? Leave it at 50mm? </p><p></p><p> I'm thinking that perhaps the crop factor has nothing to do with the distortion-free realism of an image and that the 50mm setting continues to reign. It looks that way in my photos.</p><p></p><p>(For the record, I enjoy wide angle and telephoto shots too!) I apologize for my poor wording here. Thanks y'all.</p><p></p><p>Sandpatch</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sandpatch, post: 140187, member: 10543"] I have a question about DX lens cropping and I hardly know how to ask it. For 40 years I shot 35mm film and recognized that a 50mm prime offered the best real life reproduction of what my eyes saw, without the "distortion" that a wide angle lens or telephoto lens brings. With my D5100 I often use my 18-55mm kit lens. If I wish to achieve the same "real life", distortion-free view with my kit lens, what would I set it at? 33mm in view of its 1.5 crop factor? Leave it at 50mm? I'm thinking that perhaps the crop factor has nothing to do with the distortion-free realism of an image and that the 50mm setting continues to reign. It looks that way in my photos. (For the record, I enjoy wide angle and telephoto shots too!) I apologize for my poor wording here. Thanks y'all. Sandpatch [/QUOTE]
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