Sorry. Reading it again, I see what you meant. I'm not really up
to full speed today. I woke up this morning with a bone in my
good foot, hair growing out of my head, and then I had one grunch
but the eggplant over there. Despite these handicaps and
misfortunes, I'm trying to keep things in perspective. :-)
Walt
---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: Jan Steinman <Jan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reply-To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2003 14:18:53 -0700
>>From: "Walt Wayman" <hiwayman@xxxxxxxxx>
>>
>>twisting the zoom ring
>>doesn't change perspective one whit.
>
>Which is precisely what I alluded to. Sorry it wasn't more clear:
>
>>From: Jan Steinman <Jan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>
>>>I devote a whole unit in my class to having students get used to
>>>using focal length to alter perspective. They already know how
to
>>>stand in one place and twist the zoom ring! :-)
>
>...meaning, they've got "focal length for cropping" down already.
>I try to teach them to think of a different use for focal length,
>namely keeping subject size constant and moving back and forth
>while zooming, in order to change perspective.
>
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