dazedgonebye
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One of the caveats when talking about focal length equivalents between 35mm and 6x6/6x7 are the rather different aspect ratios.
It has always struck me how much wider an 80mm on 6x6 appears than a 40-ish lens on 35mm film. Both focal lengths may be the same as the frame's diagonal, but the difference lies in the short side of 36mmx24mm frame. Especially if you also factor in that printing is rarely ever done full frame, or that slide mounts also gobble up some of the edges.
Cropping away 1mm top and bottom of 24mm high frame is much more invasive from taking away the same of a 56mm frame. The net result is that 80mm is ca. 1.5x the 6x6 frame side as printed, and 40mm is ca. 1.8x the short side of small format as printed, and so much 'roomier' (is that a word?).
In my book 80mm on MF 6x6/6x7 is perfect.
While we are waiting for Photokina hoping to see the official announcement from Fuji about their new retro design folder camera. I would like to put out a poll about the desired focal length equal to 35mm.
The wikipedia on the GF670 lists the 80mm lens (already chosen as shown on the prototype), is the 35mm equivalent of 35mm focal length.