Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/04/18

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Travel kit. More than two lenses.
From: Jim Brick <jim@brick.org>
Date: Sat, 18 Apr 1998 21:47:26 -0700
 
At 06:44 AM 4/18/98 -0600, you wrote:
>>But what is not mentioned is that different lenses give
>>different perspectives, of the same subject. Distance compression, distance
>>expansion, blurry background, etc.
>
>Jim,
>I think you mean that different lenses give different _apparent_
>perspectives of the same subject.  Regardless of focal length, without
>changing your camera position and the  camera-to-subject distance, _actual_
>perspective remains unchanged, doesn't it?
>
>
>-GH
> 

I meant by changing the camera position. Keep the subject the same size
using, say, a 24mm and a 50mm. The entire perspective will be different.

Jim