Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/11/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Christer Almqvist wrote: ><Snip> But a 21 mm lens does not distort > more than a 90 mm lens given the lens to face distance is the same. It is > just that with a 21 mm lens you tend to get closer to the subject because > you want the face to take up a certain amount of the negative area > irrespective of the focal lens. ><Snip> Or is it the headsize in the frame that you have in mind? That doesn't mean the same distance from the camera. With the heads the same size in the frame the wide angle lens will have the ears apparently further back behind the head. Mark Rabiner