>>2691429>And yes, zoom is measured in that fashion...people measure D-SLR zoom lenses like that all the time.People who don't know shit about photography and optics.
I'm a few months newbie and I would never refer to a lens with "x times zoom". At best I can tell the plebs it is a "standard to portrait to telephoto" lens, or it is a "wide to standard" lens. Then before they ask I tell them it is all about the view angle. When they still ask about the zoom ratio I ask them "compared to what?" and they start to think and shut up about it.
Next one is usually "hey anon, can you take a picture of me?"
Once I got into an e-cock contest with a particularly annoying iphone lover. He insisted he can do better with his phone and took a selfie. I whipped out my Helios, put it on, the oohs and ahhs started when I quietly told my friends it is older than me, took a slightly out of focus snap of macfaggot and showed the bokeh. Rest of the evening spent watching ifag trying to do the same bokeh and getting angry. Also nobody spotted the photo was a bit out of focus.
Lesson here is that people are stupid and you don't giving a single fuck about them is crucial to having fun shooting. Also don't buy Bridge/Superzooms.
