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Lens design for SLR wideangles is difficult and compromised by the large gap between the rear element and film plane. That’s why a 28mm SLR lens will tend to be much bigger (and often more complex) than a 28mm rangefinder lens of the same era.
A longer lens doesn’t have these issues because physics.
You know about the relative merits of the different camera body types already.
miro_o-
Lens design for SLR wideangles is difficult and compromised by the large gap between the rear element and film plane. That’s why a 28mm SLR lens will tend to be much bigger (and often more complex) than a 28mm rangefinder lens of the same era.
Yeah. Thanks.
Read about that some time.
Don't know a single photographer who cares about this though to be honest. -
That's interesting. Was wondering why the 28mm Nikon lens I got was so much bigger than my 50mm.
salad
JB
Can't wrap my head around if this is supposed to make any sense.