Is this 50mm?

[londonsnapper]

What's the general consensus on the focal length of this lens? It was taken on 35mm format: http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2009/03/15/magazine/15lede-600.jpg

 

[Pookeyhead]

It looks fiftyish... why?

 

[-Rob-]

Why do you care?

It's a nice photo. Does it matter if it was 35mm, 50mm or 85mm?

If you want to recreate something similar then I'm sure you can do it with a 50mm lens.