Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/04/28

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Pictures taken with SOOKY-M
From: "Martin V. Howard" <marho@ida.liu.se>
Date: Tue, 28 Apr 1998 19:28:48 +0200

Chris Bitmead wrote:
>  
> Actually, the problem with "huge noses" is not related to the
> length of lens. It is related to the distance from camera to
> subject. It's just that wider lenses tempt you to get too close
> to your subject.

Eeehh,  just a minute: Surely it must be the combination of a wide-
angle lens and closeness to the subject.  The problem with "nosus
humungus" is not that the nose is big, but rather that it is
*disproportionally* large (in relationship to the rest of the face).

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.

Right?


M.

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