--- ADavidhazy <andpph@ritvax.isc.rit.edu> wrote:
.... In any
> case the point was to be that perspective is a matter of
> camera position and
> not of lens focal length. Long focal length lenses just show
> less of the
> surrounding scene. If photos are made with a wide angle lens
> but the central
> portion is blown up to match the image size of something
> included in a photo
> made with a longer focal length lens the perspective, ie:
> relationship between
> sizes of objects in the scene, should be the same in both
> photographs.
Exactly so! But I am always amazed at how otherwise
knowledgeable people (even pros) will argue (often strenuously)
the opposite. Maybe some people use the word "perspective"
differently. But it's Basic Photography 101.
Richard
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