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Old Thu Aug 29, 2013, 05:14pm
shagpal shagpal is offline
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So what you are saying is we really have no idea who is standing where in relation to each other.

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Originally Posted by HugoTafurst View Post
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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