Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/04/28

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Subject: Re[2]: [Leica] Pictures taken with SOOKY-M
From: Peterson_Art@hq.navsea.navy.mil
Date: Tue, 28 Apr 1998 14:33:10 -0400
 
     
     Martin V. Howard wrote:
     
     >>The problem with "nosus humungus" is not that the nose is big, but 
     rather that it is *disproportionally* large (in relationship to the 
     rest of the face).  Consequently, a nose ought to be more 
     disproportionally large with a 35mm from 19 inches away, than with a 
     50mm near-focus from 19 inches away.  Right?<<
     
     Sounds reasonable to me (but I'm no optical expert)!  But on a related 
     topic, I recently read (in a Leica catalog, I think) that a 50mm lens 
     most closely approximates the "angle of view" of the human eye (which 
     I guess refers to the 50mm lens's 45 degree angle of view); yet I also 
     recall reading years ago that what human eyes see as the relationship 
     among objects, near to far, is approximated by an 85mm lens.  Can any 
     LUG member who HAS some optical expertise confirm that latter notion?
     
     Art Peterson