Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/06/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]on 6/6/01 8:07 PM, Gil, Miguel (US - Los Angeles) at mgil@deloitte.com wrote: > Frank, > > Given two lens at the same distance from the subject, a 21 mm will give a > different perspective than a 600mm. The 600mm compresses distance between > the foreground and the background. no they just give different FRAMES. The perspective is the same. 'Perspective' has quite a specific and precise meaning unless you want to be humpty dumpty and have it mean whatever you want it to mean, which is fine, but our conversation's then over. - -- John Brownlow http://www.pinkheadedbug.com