35mm Film and the new age of Digital

This is a podcast from the Lenswork magazine (brilliant little photo mag)
Talks about something I as an "OUL FELLA" never thought about. I understand what the focal length is of a lens when used on an "OLD" film camera and how the new Digital Focal lengths offer an equivalent focal length, but what if you have never used an older film camera. What is the relevance?
Listen to the podcast.
Gerry



Podcast #495, 9 February 2009

35mm Equivalence

When camera lens focal lengths are expressed in "35mm equivalence," that assumes we know what this means. But what about those people who never used a 35mm -- past or future photographers?

Audio MP3
Run time 3:14