Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/03/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Frank, it is a great shot, isn't it? Brian did mention in a reply to one response that it was taken at about 3 feet. What I was saying is that the perspective (irrespective of focal length) is the same at the same distance, but to get the same field of view (as the cropped 28 shot)with a 75 you would need to be further away. From further back the perspective will be different. Specifically the features would appear flatter than when shot from closer. Look again at Brian's pic. I bet you can see some distortion of the subject's nose. My wife would beat me up if I enhanced her nose shooting from 3 feet! So back at, for example, 10 feet you will have more flattering perspective, and, of course by not cropping the resolution is higher, as you noted. Option B is that my brain is out of gear owing to currently recovering from flu! Cheers Hoppy -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Frank Dernie Sent: Monday, 5 March 2007 18:07 To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: [Leica] A PAW shot I really like I understand Brian's explanation differently Hoppy. I think he said he took the picture with his 28mm, which has the same fov as a 37mm on the M8 sensor, then he cropped the picture to approximately the same fov as a 75mm would have had, so he did indeed get the same perspective as the 75 would have had, only loosing resolution. I am sure he was more than 3 feet away. cheers Frank On 5 Mar, 2007, at 04:27, G Hopkinson wrote: > Yes, Gilbert, as you say, for the same distance the perspective > will be the same, although the FoV will be different. I think, in > this instance, Brian has shot from 3 feet with a 28mm and cropped > to simulate a 75mm FoV from say 10 feet. So the perspective is not > the same, because the distance is different. > > Cheers > Hoppy > > -----Original Message----- > From: lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org > [mailto:lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org] On > Behalf Of > J. Gilbert Plantinga > Sent: Monday, 5 March 2007 14:00 > To: Leica Users Group > Subject: Re: [Leica] A PAW shot I really like > > Focal length has no bearing on perspective; perspective only changes > by moving the subject or the camera. > > Very nice portrait! > > Gilbert > > On Mar 4, 2007, at 10:24 PM, Brian Reid wrote: > >> I think that if I had shot it with the M6 using a 75 it would have >> had the same perspective and about the same crop. Except that I >> don't have a 75, and I do have a 28.... > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information