Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/06/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ken Lee wrote: >>>>>> Although the 21 to 600 comparison would make it difficult to do, the > standard visual proof of what Johnny is saying is to enlarge the image taken > with the wider lens until it looks like the shot with the longer lens (same > frame) and you will see that other than more grain, the images will look the > same.<<<< Hi Ken, Many many years ago, a partner in crime got so exasperated with me because I never could understand the "perspective" as John Brownlow and yourself have described. So one day he hauled me out on the street with a wide and long lens, made me shoot a number of situations while standing in the same spot. We then developed the film and he, standing beside me in the darkroom yelling in my ear all the unmentionable words one can imagine as he taught, illustrated and finally got it through my thick skull what "perspective meant!" I finally did see the light, besides I couldn't take him yelling at me any longer! ;-) I think what happens is, some folks can't visualize how a 21 and a 400 can create the same perspective until they see it via the darkroom. Once one "sees it in print" then they understand. Seeing it done makes one a believer that it happens. ted Ted Grant Photography Limited www.islandnet.com/~tedgrant