>The 'compression' of the planes, or 'telephoto' effect, would be just the >same in an image taken with a 28 mm wide angle lens as one made using a 500 >mm or any other telephoto. I may have said this before ... a couple of years >ago.
>Don Okay, apologies, we all learnt long ago that perspective is a function of viewpoint and not the lens but I stand by my observation. The 'APPARENT' compression of planes is much more noticeable with the 500mm. This is a practical not a theoretical issue. In theory we could all buy just one lens, a 14mm and enlarge from there. Maybe we'll do that when digital photography gives us infinite resolution. Don, your statement is correct but not very helpful considering the enquiry, thanks for the correction anyway. AB __________________________________________________________________________ Join Freeserve http://www.freeserve.com/time/ Winner of the 2003 Internet Service Providers' Association awards for Best Unmetered ISP and Best Consumer Application.
