Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/01/31

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Subject: [Leica] Re: Perspective Distortion
From: Dennis Painter <dwp@deltanet.com>
Date: Sat, 31 Jan 1998 15:06:52 -0800
 
Mike Johnston wrote:
<snip> 
>  And as it happens, there are several specific properties which non-retrofocus
> WAs are easier to correct for--linear distortion principally. However, they
> inherently show more perspective distortion and more cos4 falloff than
> retrofocus designs. 
<snip>

Mike,

What do you mean by 'perspective distortion' ? I thought it was related
only to the focal length.

Thanks, Dennis


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