Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/05/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I love my 15mm as well, but I'm surprised more people haven't complained about this "widening" of the subject at the edges of the frame. If there are human subjects up close, they look like cardboard cutouts. You can sort-of see the effect here by looking at the people at the edges, but it is much more pronounced if the subject is up close and off center: http://www.sleepytom.com/images/2450-02/med/Como1.jpg That's not hard to deal with, though. Tom - -----Original Message----- - -- The use of a shoe-mounted level greatly reduces distortion in architectural and interior shots. Here's an interior shot I made for the poster for my neighborhood's house tour the year before last http://photos.photosig.com/photos/19/69/456919-22e7f5b3c57b4c2b.jpg Of course the chair in the right corner is not really as wide as it looks, but the walls are reasonably straight and the front parlor of this 20' wide brownstone looks really spacious. Bob Marvin - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html