In article <4u82rl$d2b@news.ysu.edu>, aq318@yfn.ysu.edu says...

> I am an experienced 35mm photographer who has just
>acquired an 8mm camcorder. This camcorder has a lens
>marked with the focal lengths 6-48mm on the barrel.
> Is there a formula for determining what the
>equivalent focal lengths are for 35mm cameras (SLRs,
>still cameras)?
> In other words, would the short end of this
>zoom (6mm) be equal to a focal length of say 24mm on
>my Nikon SLR, or more like 28mm? Is the long end
>(48mm) like 200mm (app. 8x the short end), or if the
>short end were 28mm, the long end is about 220 or
>so?

Um, you are in for a bit of a shock, but that 6mm
"wide-angle" is probably closer to a 50mm on 35mm -
video zooms go very long, but not very wide.
(The Raynox Pro .5x front converter may be your
next purchase....;-) Since the CCD chip sizes vary
(and the area used varies, depending on whether
or not EIS [stabilization] takes up some of the
pixels), the best way to compare the two formats
is to actually compare them (VF image coverage at
6mm is similar to the VF image coverage of what
lens on your 35mm?) - everything else is
proportional.
Hope This Helps