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Old Thu Aug 29, 2013, 04:23pm
HugoTafurst HugoTafurst is offline
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Originally Posted by shagpal View Post
Bro, if that photo is compressed for distance, that guy is about 15-20ft from the play.

The apparent lens compression is from the lens to the subject, not from side to side.

In otherwords it makes things appear closer front to back.
If you are photographing someone standing 20' from the comera and someone behind them standing 25' from the camera, the person in the back would seem to be maybe 22' feet from the camera.

But if you have the second person standing 20' from the camera, but 5' to the side, The telephoto wouldn't have the same effect..

That's an oversimplification, but it's true.
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