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Why no real wide angle P&S cameras?

 
 
Siddhartha Jain
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      05-18-2005
Was just browsing for wide-angle (<28mm) P&S cameras and there seem to
be none!! Why is that? No demand or high-cost of developing one to fit
a P&S cost profile or both?

- Siddhartha

 
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Paul Rubin
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      05-18-2005
"Siddhartha Jain" <> writes:
> Was just browsing for wide-angle (<28mm) P&S cameras and there seem to
> be none!! Why is that? No demand or high-cost of developing one to fit
> a P&S cost profile or both?


Not much demand, difficulty of making wide-angle lenses for such small
sensors. You can use a video-type wideangle adapter on some digicams
if you don't mind a ton of distortion.
 
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      05-18-2005
On 18 May 2005 05:48:47 -0700, "Siddhartha Jain" <>
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>Was just browsing for wide-angle (<28mm) P&S cameras and there seem to
>be none!! Why is that? No demand or high-cost of developing one to fit
>a P&S cost profile or both?


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      05-18-2005
Siddhartha Jain wrote:
> Was just browsing for wide-angle (<28mm) P&S cameras and there seem to
> be none!! Why is that? No demand or high-cost of developing one to fit
> a P&S cost profile or both?


Nikon 8400
24mm - 85mm zoom, 8MP, excellent image and optical quality.

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      05-18-2005

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> Was just browsing for wide-angle (<28mm) P&S cameras and there seem to
> be none!! Why is that? No demand or high-cost of developing one to fit
> a P&S cost profile or both?
>
> - Siddhartha
>


Ricoh caplio GX at 28mm
Olympus C-5060 at 27mm-


 
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Baron Sloan
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      05-18-2005
"dylan" <> wrote in message
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> "Siddhartha Jain" <> wrote in message
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> > Was just browsing for wide-angle (<28mm) P&S cameras and there

seem to
> > be none!! Why is that? No demand or high-cost of developing one to

fit
> > a P&S cost profile or both?
> >

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> Ricoh caplio GX at 28mm
> Olympus C-5060 at 27mm-
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Canon S60 at 28mm.

But I think <28 actually meant *less* than 28mm.



 
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      05-18-2005
"Baron Sloan" <> wrote in message
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>> "Siddhartha Jain" <> wrote in message
>> news: oups.com...
>> > Was just browsing for wide-angle (<28mm) P&S cameras and there

> seem to
>> > be none!! Why is that? No demand or high-cost of developing one to

> fit
>> > a P&S cost profile or both?
>> >

>>
>> Ricoh caplio GX at 28mm
>> Olympus C-5060 at 27mm-
>>

> Canon S60 at 28mm.
>
> But I think <28 actually meant *less* than 28mm.
>
>

Hi,

You can't really call 28mm on a P & S Size sensor much of a Wide Angle.
Even at a 1.5 crop they are only equivalent to 42mm on 35 film format.

The OP was asking if there were any under 28mm, and if not, why not.

Roy G


 
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ASAAR
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      05-18-2005
On Wed, 18 May 2005 22:00:25 GMT, Roy wrote:

> You can't really call 28mm on a P & S Size sensor much of a Wide Angle.
> Even at a 1.5 crop they are only equivalent to 42mm on 35 film format.
>
> The OP was asking if there were any under 28mm, and if not, why not.


You've got it backwards. The 28mm the OP was talking about was
the 35mm equivalent focal length, which is indeed below the typical
low end of a P&S zoom lens. The actual length of probably ALL P&S
zoom lenses is well below 28mm. For instance, my Fuji lens at its
widest only goes down to 37mm (equiv.), but has a true focal length
of 5.7mm. None of the camera's wide angle focal lengths mentioned
by previous posters (24mm, 27mm, 28mm) were referring to their
actual focal lengths, which were actually much lower than these
numbers.

 
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      05-19-2005
On Wed, 18 May 2005 19:36:32 -0400
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The OP clearly implied the question in terms of 35mm equivalence...

You've been to "L" and back, huh. ;^)

Jeff
 
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      05-19-2005
On Thu, 19 May 2005 00:11:56 GMT, Confused wrote:

> The OP clearly implied the question in terms of 35mm equivalence...


Yes. Exactly what I said.


> You've been to "L" and back, huh. ;^)


You noticed!

 
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