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Thread: What's the equivalent lens for a cell phone?

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    What's the equivalent lens for a cell phone?

    When I got my first 8x10 years ago, I'd figure out what lens I wanted by equating it to 35mm. ("Hmmm, I want something like a 35mm lens, so that would be a 210mm...")

    Today I was thinking about getting a wider lens for my 4x5, and thought "hmmm, I have a 90mm, which is like a 180mm on my 8x10, but if I got a 65mm, that would be like a 130mm on my 8x10..." Nothing significant, just for what it's worth...
    "I love my Verito lens, but I always have to sharpen everything in Photoshop..."

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    What's the equivalent lens for a cell phone?

    Is that a 4x5 cellphone, or 5x7?

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    What's the equivalent lens for a cell phone?

    A pinhole. It's everything all at once and it's always in focus.
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    What's the equivalent lens for a cell phone?

    No swings & tilts? No sheet film holders? How can I use it? I can see it now. Get it set up & duct taped to the tripod & some numnut calls me & the noise causes vibration & the photo is unsharp.

    How do you contact print on Azo/Amidol with cell phone pictures?

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    What's the equivalent lens for a cell phone?

    See all those little numbered buttons on the keypad? Those are zones 0 through 9. The zone system is so easy in the digital age...
    "I love my Verito lens, but I always have to sharpen everything in Photoshop..."

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    What's the equivalent lens for a cell phone?

    Actually I think any cell phone camera is more aptly equated to a Holga...... with a bad lens.

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