Re: pinhole telephoto

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From: Katharine Thayer (kthayer@pacifier.com)
Date: 12/19/02-08:02:04 AM Z


Joe Smigiel wrote:
>
 An image at infinity will still come into focus at 210mm with that
lens regardless of the film format. A telephoto lens would bring the
image into focus at a distance
less than its focal length. The terms are not interchangable.

This just compounds the earlier confusion. A 30" telephoto lens, as Sam
or someone said, may be actually only 10" long, but it still gives the
same image as you would get with a 30" non-telephoto lens, or with a
pinhole mounted 30" from the film. That is the crucial point, as I was
saying, and all this other stuff, while interesting, is irrelevant to
the point.
Katharine


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