Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/05/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On 5/19/04 8:52 AM, "Douglas Herr" <telyt@earthlink.net> wrote: > 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 > Slow moving Buffalo keep to the right! > > Doug Herr > Birdman of Sacramento > http://www.wildlightphoto.com > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information Mark Rabiner Photography Portland Oregon New-improved http://rabinergroup.com/