Walt wrote
> Date: Sat, 21 Jan 2006 16:18:40 +0000
>
> Looking at the shot of the top down SSR this morning, I am reminded again of
> the
> faults of wide angle lenses and their inherent distortion. This shot was
> taken
> from a distance of approximately 15 feet with an E-1 and 14-54 ZD lens at
> 17mm,
> or, in 35mm terms, 35mm. While it was taken with the camera positioned about
> even with or just ahead of the front of the vehicle and angled slightly toward
> the back, the difference in the distance between the front and the back
> couldn't
> have been more than four or five feet, but that was enough for some obvious
> wide-angle deception.
>
> http://home.att.net/~hiwayman/wsb/media/192375/site1077.jpg
>
> Notice anything strange about the wheels? I posted the shot in a hurry
> yesterday and didn't notice it then. The front wheel looks considerably
> larger
> than the back, when, actually, the opposite is true: front wheel=21 in./rear
> wheel=22 in. A photograph may be worth 1000 words, but sometimes not all
> those
> words are true. Next time, I'll move back further and get into the normal or
> tele range.
Me thinks you complain too much. Very nice shots, and yes, W/a lenses do
have a perspective effect but people expect that.
Brian
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