Re: Debunking the telephoto lens myth?

[Jan Faul <jan@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

My first purchase of a photo book was one by Andrea Feininger in which he showed the use of an extremely long telephoto lens from out in NJ looking towards Manhattan and it compresses NJ into a series of hills and sort of pasted the Empire State Building in at the back. Every time I drove to NYC I thought of his work with the Pulaski Skyway and the flattening of NJ.

On Feb 18, 2016, at 3:51 PM, PhotoRoy6@xxxxxxx wrote:

I didn't watch the video but telephoto lenses visually "compress" the subject.

Andreas Feininger in the book Complete Photographer shows this with parking meters.

 

As to depth of field both wide angle and telephoto lens inherently produce the same depth of field. My Physic instructor in the 1970's blew up a wide angle shot until it was the same image size as the telephoto lens. The depth of field was the same once subject size was  equal in the print.

 

The question about which lens to use is:  Which lens produces the most dramatic results visually given a specific situation.

 

Roy

 

 

 

 In a message dated 2/18/2016 12:21:36 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, ygelmanphoto@xxxxxxxxx writes:

Our comments here introduced the term "perspective" and should also have brought in "depth of field" but that would have necessitated "aperture" as well.  

 

Art Faul

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