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Old 12-11-2013, 02:48 PM   #1
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That was my thought at first, also, then I checked the sensor size. It's a 1" sensor, which is even smaller than the Four-Thirds sensors in my E-5 and E-M1, so that's more of a 'normal' than a 'wide' zoom.
Makes sense, I just wasn't sure if the focal length on the lens took that into account like on the cropped sensor DSLRs. Either way, I'm sticking to my D800. It's just nice being able to buy vintage prime lenses on the cheap that will still fit on a modern camera body.
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Makes sense, I just wasn't sure if the focal length on the lens took that into account like on the cropped sensor DSLRs. Either way, I'm sticking to my D800. It's just nice being able to buy vintage prime lenses on the cheap that will still fit on a modern camera body.
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Yes, however can't use Canon lenses on Nikon bodies, but vice-versa you can (Nikon lenses on Canon bodies), so there are no Canon-lens-to-Nikon-body adapters. Something about the Canon lenses doesn't jive with Nikons (I read about it somewhere a while back, when my Architectural Photography instructor recommended I look into it, since the school only has tilt-shift lenses for Canon). Not sure if it's possible to find other manufacturer lenses that would work with a Nikon body with an adapter (Olympus, etc), but it's neither here nor there right now. I don't see myself investing in a tilt-shift or any other specialty lens right away, and for the time being I have prime lenses that suit my purposes (28mm, 50mm, 105mm and 165mm). Shooting architecture with the 28mm meant having to photomerge frames together when shooting tight spaces and then having to correct lens and perspective distortion after the fact, but I got a 95 on my final project, so it worked out.
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