Len : 41mm

[Dolby]

I know next to nothing about photography - but curious as to what the below spec means?

Lens :

• 41 - 131 mm equiv. (3.2x)
• F2.8 - F5.1
• 7 elements in 6 groups

It's on my current old camera and I see a few people find the 41mm thing odd and say it should be 35mm equivilant - but I dunno what it means :/

Help on what is odd?

Thanks!

[bwana]

What kind of camera is it?

[Dolby]

Quite an old Canon A410 ... but the new one I'm looking at says 35mm equiv. According to some comments, 35mm equiv seems to be the better one (for some reason ...)

[bwana]

Quite an old Canon A410 ... but the new one I'm looking at says 35mm equiv. According to some comments, 35mm equiv seems to be the better one (for some reason ...)

the 41-131mm is the equivalent you would get on a 35mm film camera.

What is the new one?

[Dolby]

Canon Powershot SX110

• 36-360mm (35mm equiv)
• 10x optical zoom
• F2.8-4.3

[bwana]

The new one is wider at the wide end and longer in the zoom. It also has a wider aperture when you're zooming.

[Dolby]

Thanks bwana ...

Understand the beginning - but a wider aperture when zooming?

*lost*

[bwana]

Thanks bwana ...

Understand the beginning - but a wider aperture when zooming?

*lost*

With your old one when it was at maximum zoom the widest the aperture could achieve was f/5.1 - with the new one not only can you zoom further but at the maximum zoom the aperture at that maximum is f/4.3

EDIT - IOW you can shoot things that are further away with less light

[Dolby]

hehe - that makes sense

Thanks b!

[bwana]

hehe - that makes sense

Thanks b!

I thought that might help more than throwing more numbers at you