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Old 02-22-2008, 04:02 PM
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You're misinterpreting "crop" versus "magnification." The crop factor doesn't change the apparent size of the objects in the photo, all other things being equal, it simply narrows the field of view. In the FoV respect, it's similar to an 80mm lens, but not in the magnification respect.
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