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<blockquote data-quote="hark" data-source="post: 232327" data-attributes="member: 13196">Yes Michael. The 18-140mm lens will cover @ the same focal coverage as your 70-210mm lens did on your 35mm camera plus be wider than what your 70-210mm was. The conversion factor is a royal pain in the arse. My first 35mm was a Minolta XG-M before I switched to a Nikon N70 and an N90s.If you were to look through a viewfinder of a DX camera using a 50mm lens compared to a 35mm camera using a 50mm lens, it is as if the DX camera took the image that the 35mm camera has and cropped the photo. Everything on a DX camera will appear closer than it does in a 35mm camera when using the exact same length lens. There is some math involved. '1.5' is what you need to remember when applying any conversions. When you are thinking about how things would look on a 35mm camera, you need to multiply by 1.5 to get an approximate equivalent on a DX. So the 70-210mm lens on your Minolta would be equivalent to @ 105-315mm lens on a DX camera. Clear as mud, I'm sure! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /> Switching to DX takes some getting used to especially when coming from a 35mm camera.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="hark, post: 232327, member: 13196"] Yes Michael. The 18-140mm lens will cover @ the same focal coverage as your 70-210mm lens did on your 35mm camera plus be wider than what your 70-210mm was. The conversion factor is a royal pain in the arse. My first 35mm was a Minolta XG-M before I switched to a Nikon N70 and an N90s. If you were to look through a viewfinder of a DX camera using a 50mm lens compared to a 35mm camera using a 50mm lens, it is as if the DX camera took the image that the 35mm camera has and cropped the photo. [B]Everything on a DX camera will appear closer than it does in a 35mm camera when using the exact same length lens[/B]. There is some math involved. '1.5' is what you need to remember when applying any conversions. When you are thinking about how things would look on a 35mm camera, you need to multiply by 1.5 to get an approximate equivalent on a DX. So the 70-210mm lens on your Minolta would be equivalent to @ 105-315mm lens on a DX camera. Clear as mud, I'm sure! ;) Switching to DX takes some getting used to especially when coming from a 35mm camera. [/QUOTE]

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