Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/09/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Woosh? Say it (2') out loud - 2 foot..... john > -----Original Message----- > > Alan wrote: > > "I also love this. > You must have been focused at 2'. > And this is one case where color does captures the sole ;~) Alan" > > Thank you, Alan, for taking the time to give this image a more than cursory > glance. > > Because I was intrigued by your comment about the perception of a close > focusing distance, I walked down the street to the same location from where > I had photographed the "Naptime" image, and focused the M8+90mm on > the car that was parked there this morning. > > The distance scale of the Elmarit 90 does not show any discrete values > between 25' and infinity. The focusing distance was a bit more than 25'. > > I can think of two factors that in combination might create a perception of > closeness: 1) the 90 on the M8 acts as a 120mm lens and 2) the posted image > was cropped to 2100x2100 from the 3600x2400 DNG. > > Neither of these two factors changes the perspective which would have > been noticeably different from a camera distance of 2'. > > Submitted in the spirit of a conversation, > > Oliver >