Forum: Photography


Subject: The diff in the mm's

PeeWee05 opened this issue on Feb 21, 2006 ยท 4 posts


PeeWee05 posted Tue, 21 February 2006 at 2:16 AM

So When I was looking at lenses I see things like 18mm - 55mm or 70mm - 400mm. And when I look at my cam the builting lens says 35mm - 436mm would these be the same thing? Or would the lenses be the same as the reading that appears on my pics once downloaded ie if I'm at normal view on zoom the focal length comes up as 6mm, but then what is the 35mm? I'd like to get some idea of what the mm on the lenses mean so I don't get something that's crap... And is the mm the focusing distance or is it just how far the lens can see?

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