Which lense now?

[K13X5C]

What the...??!! The Spelling Police !? This is so disappointing, you know exactly what he meant.

 

[Zv]

Isn't lense the British spelling for lens? It could be the old spelling of it and now it's standardized to lens but I swear I've seen it with an e at the end a few times.

I'm from the UK but I've been in Japan so long where they use American English I have forgotten! Sorry.

Edit - on a side note my number of posts reminds me of a much loved EF-S wide angle LENS! Back on topic boom!

 

[Jim Saunders]

Isn't lense the British spelling for lens? It could be the old spelling of it and now it's standardized to lens but I swear I've seen it with an e at the end a few times.

I'm from the UK but I've been in Japan so long where they use American English I have forgotten! Sorry.

I wouldn't be surprised. M-W redirects "lense" to "lens", and a post dated 2002 cites the OED as using "lens" exclusively. I for one don't plan to lose any sleep over it, I'd rather see less apostrophe abuse. :-\

Jim

 

[Emil]

Google translate automatic language recognition tells me that lense is a Norwegian word. I didn't find this word for any other language I suspected of being similar.

I wonder how many Norwegians we have on this forum?

The norwegian word for lens is "linse", although the word "objektiv" is acctually more commonly used when refering to a photographic lens. "Lense"(with the second "e" also being pronounced), is a verb meaning "to empty something of water".

When it comes to the lens vs lense discussion I did some searching, and it seems that "lense" is acctually listed as an alternative spelling in some dictionaries. It seems however that lens is regarded as the only correct spelling by most native english speakers.

 

[StudentOfLight]

Here are a few lenses that I think you should consider:

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Samyang has just announced a 12mm f/2 so it might be worth waiting to see if it's good before deciding on going for the 16mm f/2.

The Samyang 12mm f/2 is only for mirrorless (EF-M) so it won't work with the 70D,
http://www.syopt.com/en/camera/photo-lenses-12mm-F2.0-NCS-CS.php

There is a Samyang 10mm f/2.8 for APS-C dSLRs if you want to go wider than 16mm,
http://www.syopt.com/en/camera/photo-lenses-10mm-F2.8-ED-AS-NCS-CS.php

Apologies, didn't pick up on the EF-M.