Talk:Wide-angle lens

message: I disagree; the attached article on wide-angle lenses does not belong in Filmmaking.  Why?  Because wide-angle lenses are not unique to motion picture making, either film or digital.  In fact, they are probably less used in filmmaking than in still photography because of the ability of motion picture equipment to pan the scene.  If the article is moved anywhere, it should be to one of the sections on photography. Anoneditor 22:28, 29 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I know it's old, but I might as well answer.  You've probably noticed by now that projects overlap.  There are lots of articles on photographic optics, for example, that are part of both project filmmaking and project physics.  It doesn't hurt, except that their banners are obnoxiously large and distracting. Dicklyon 01:03, 9 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks.Anoneditor 03:03, 9 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Project Filmmaking

message: :I've created table when you can see the differences in angles for the 35mm format, 4/3, DX, APS-C
http://www.zietek.net/angle/
It should be good enough, and maybe wanted for some people (I hope). 
:: Thank's  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.133.158.230 (talk) 16:13, 24 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Angle of view for different camers types

message: What does it mean to be a 0.7x wide angle lens? That the real image is 0.7x smaller than the filtered image?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.132.222.28 (talk) 05:49, 23 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  0.7x 

message: I submit to the authors that this article is largely irrelevant to the majority of readers due to jargon. The use of "rectilinear image" in the opening paragraph shows this article is simply explaining simple terms to experts. Anyone who knows what "rectilinear image" means has no need for an introductory discussion of "wide angle lens." Please step back and use terms and illustrations that reach your audience.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kenion (talk • contribs) 15:31, 26 March 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree.  I am not a professional photographer.  I read something mentioning wide angle lenses, and decided to look it up here. After reading the entire article, I was none the wiser for what a wide area lens does, and why photographers might use it.  A large part of that is because I'm unfamiliar with the terms used on this page.  It seems that contributors are trying to describe optical concepts using the written word, where diagrams or schematics might be more appropriate.  I've added some diagrams to clarify the concepts I struggled with.  I also revised the introduction, so that it describes the device's purpose; as it stood, it was just a definition of what constitutes a wide area lens.  Used http://www.cambridgeincolour.com/tutorials/wide-angle-lenses.htm as my inspiration.  Discboy 21:21, 27 December 2011 (UTC)
replies: text:  Thanks for that -- I think it's an improvement.  Your source is a good one but I think it's ludicrous of it to say that it's a misconception that the most common use of a wide-angle is to get the whole of your subject in the frame without being able to shoot from farther away.  Quite apart from anything else, if most people believe that this is what wide-angle lenses are for, then it is what most people will use wide-angle lenses for!  Wide-angles are widely (haha) used in architectural, interior and landscape photography precisely because it is impossible to move farther back, either because of another building, a wall or some aspect of the terrain.  I've reworked your opening paragraph a bit, including information on what a wide-angle lens does (give you a wide angle of view that allows objects to be photographed from closer than normal) followed by your material on what this allows the photographer to achieve (emphasizing separation or giving a prominent foreground with a wide background).  I've used the phrase “zoomed-out” (in inverted commas) to describe a wide angle of view. That's not strictly accurate as a wide-angle lens is not necessarily a zoom lens so, if anyone can think of a more technically accurate way of describing it that's equally accessible to the lay person, please do so. Dricherby (talk) 19:58, 1 January 2012 (UTC)
replies: text:  Thought your point was better understood with a simplification of the sentence starting "Typically ..."  Discboy 11:50, 7 January 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Technical Language Used

message: Rectilinear lenses in 35mm can be made far wider than a focal length of 12mm. Terry Gilliam has been using rectilinear 9.8mm Kinoptic lenses since at least Brazil in 1985, and his latest, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, is shot with a rectilinear 8mm Zeiss allthroughout, even. --79.193.62.79 (talk) 04:50, 3 January 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: So find a reliable source and make the changes! Dricherby (talk) 20:06, 1 January 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Focal length update required 

message: The article head claims that "Wide Angle" redirects to this article.  It does no such thing.  It is an entirely separate article that has no relevance.  I don't know how to fix the redirect such that the reference to the TV series remains, so maybe someone else who does could oblige. 86.147.237.233 (talk) 17:45, 27 March 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Fixed. Mindmatrix 18:35, 27 March 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Redirect at article head.