Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/05/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Douglas Herr <telyt@earthlink.net> wrote: > Jeffery Smith <jls@runbox.com> wrote: > >> Yikes, I thought all of the perspective control problems in shooting >> buildings could be traced to a wide angle lens causing the roof to be >> overly small, giving you a trapezoid effect. Don't wide angles distort >> things, causing converging parallels? > > Converging parallels is what you get when the film plane isn't parallel to the parallel lines. Has nothing to do > with the angle of view - but you _notice_ the convergence more with wide-angle lenses because of the wider > field of view. Try standing in the middle of a straight road - use a long lens, aim the camera so the center line > of the road bisects the picture - and see if the edges of the road meet at the horizon. > Here's an example of converging parallels with a 280mm lens: http://wildlightphoto.com/yellowstone/crossing.jpg Doug Herr Birdman of Sacramento http://www.wildlightphoto.com