>scarleton writes:
>
>I have heard more then once that it is the movie folks that use this
>lens, or alot have been converted to motion cameras. I was wondering
>if anyone know a movie that this lens was used it. I do believe that
>the 35mm motion camera's are 16mm x 24mm, half the size of us still
>photographers, which would make a 300mm a 600mm, it seems like a VERY,
>VERY long lens for the movies. I would LOVE to know where it was
>used...
Umm, 300mm should be more like a 430mm-450mm on "single frame" or
"half frame" movie frame size.... (the proportional differences
are in the frame diagonals).
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