[MF3D.FORUM:590] Re: lens question

["Don Lopp" <dlopp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

i could be wrong but i have viewed 38mm biogon shots with 65 mm lenses and
every thing looks great i dont understand the problem but i have never let
technicalities get in my way, .  don
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Glickman" <bglick@xxxxxxxx>
To: "Medium Format 3D Photography" <MF3D.Forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, May 26, 2000 2:10 AM
Subject: [MF3D.FORUM:576] lens question


> An 80 mm lens is used because its "normal" in MF, and because it also
> matches our viewers lenses.  When I tried a 43mm lens, the scene did not
> look natural, it simply looked too wide... as if my brain knew my eyes can
> not see like this in the real world.
>
>       My question is, if you use a 150mm lens and use John B's fourmula
for
> the taking base.... how does this look in the viewer?  Unnatural?  I would
> think it would look identical to the 80mm since it would produce the same
> chrome if one stood twice as far away from the subject?  Is there any
other
> drawbacks of using long lenses on MF stereo,other than the obvious
increased
> chance for blurred images?
>
> Regards
> Bill G
>
>