You may very well be correct, but at normal viewing distances for 4X6 and 8X10 prints, wider than 35mm starts to perceive too much.
Bruce Thursday, February 26, 2004, 4:41:03 PM, you wrote: RS> On 26 Feb 2004 at 15:31, Bruce Dayton wrote: >> Hello edwin, >> >> The issue with distortion and group portraits has nothing to do with >> barrel or pincushion distortion. RS> Barrel and pincushion distortion are optical anomalies whereas perspective RS> distortion (wide angle effect) is a perceived distortion. If a print of a wide RS> angle shot is viewed up close enough the scene will appear undistorted. RS> Rob Studdert RS> HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA RS> Tel +61-2-9554-4110 RS> UTC(GMT) +10 Hours RS> [EMAIL PROTECTED] RS> http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications/ RS> Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998
