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Originally posted by Big Ed
I have heard this before, which helps to make the process nice and confusing. Can I trust when a P&S camera says (for example) 28-90mm that it is the equivalent of a film camera, or is the an adjustment that needs to be made. 
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Most P&S cameras give an effective focal length meaning that they've already done the conversion for you and you
should be able to trust what's listed on most P&S cameras.
Only DSLR's have this issue and if you look at the camera on the web most sites will list the factor. It's usually 1.5 or 1.6. Just multiply that by the focal length. You don't actually get more magnification, it just seems like a tighter shot because some amount of crop is built in.
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