This is a very common misconception. But it's still wrong.
On Wed, Jul 13, 2005 at 09:08:34PM -0700, Shel Belinkoff wrote: > Ahhh .... You've expressed what I thought I saw a few months ago, but which > I couldn't put into words. I'm meeting with another list member this > weekend and I think we'll run a little test that, perhaps, will show this. > If this is, indeed true, then, IMO, there is no real "equivalency," just > similarity. > > Shel > > > > [Original Message] > > From: Tom Reese > > > I suspect that the perspective would be different too. I think a cropped > > 18mm image will still show the exaggerated perspective of that lens. > > The background will appear to be much further behind the subject than it > > will in the image taken with the 28mm lens. That's my theory anyway. > > > > Tom Reese >
