Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/01/31

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Subject: [Leica] Re: Distortion - was Digest V2 #132
From: "Jacques Bilinski" <jbilin@axionet.com>
Date: Sat, 31 Jan 1998 19:07:53 -0800
 
>  And as it happens, there are several specific properties which
non-retrofocus
> WAs are easier to correct for--linear distortion principally. However,
they
> inherently show more perspective distortion and more cos4 falloff than
> retrofocus designs. WA point-and-shoots and have a nice day.
> 
>  --Mike Johnston, chief editor, _PHOTO Techniques_ magazine, Niles, IL
> 
>
Isn't perspective distortion just another way of saying that closer object
appear bigger? If it is it seems to me that all lenses should have the same
perspective distortion, unless light were to travel around corners.