Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/04/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Martin V. Howard >Consequently, a nose ought to be more disproportionally large with a >35mm from 19 inches away, than with a 50mm near-focus from 19 inches >away. Nope! You getting into the perspective fallacy. It is my understanding that the perspective of 2 lenses from the same original location have exactly the same perspective. If you were to blow up a print from a 35mm lens so that it was the subject was the same size as the 50mm image, the 2 subjects would be identical except for the grain and contrast changes in the enlargement. But the proportions of your subject would be identical! Art Art Searle, W2NRA, Lake Grove, NY, USA 20 miles east of Nikon USA, 70 miles east of Leica USA