Choosing a Lens for Analogue 35 mm Camera

 

With wide angle lenses covering be­tween 63° and 115°, there is some distortion on the wider angles. For a 35mm SLR, a 35mm focal length covering 63° may not be wide enough if your standard lens is 50mm; 28mm covering 75° would be a better choice. A 24mm covering 84° is going to extremes and, unless you particularly need this coverage with its risk of image distortion, the 28mm is the most sensible all-round choice. …

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Why Change Lenses?

Altering distance and focal length. Each picture was taken with a lens of different focal length 135 mm format, but  the camera distance was altered each time so that the near end of the monument remained about the same height. …

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