Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/05/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 08:32 AM 5/3/98 -0400, you wrote: >people will say gives it a 'wide-angle look'. If I mounted a 500mm lens on >the camera, and aimed towards the same point, all I would see on the 35mm >negative would be a few bricks or windows in the middle of the building, >the 'wide-angle' look would be gone. But, if the 500mm lens could produce >a large enough image circle, and I used it to expose a large enough piece >of film, the keystoning would still be there, just like the 20mm lens. It would be a wide angle lens. Or your film would be a heck of a lot bigger than 35mm. What you're talking about is something some non-photo editors ask for, the wide-angle tele look. :-) What doesn't change from the same position is perspective. ========== Eric Welch St. Joseph, MO http://www.ponyexpress.net/~ewelch There is a pleasure in being mad in which none but mad men know. Dryden