Handbook of the practice and art of photography (1875)
Vogel, Hermann Wilhelm, 1834-1898, Molling, Edward F · Philadelphia, Benerman & Wilson · leaf 321
315 ON LIGHT AND ILLUMINATION. tance as the object-glass (i. e., its focus). When this is not done the impression is untrue. There are, however, lenses of four inches focus and less ; at so short a distance it is impossible for the naked eye to see a drawing, or any- thing else. Generally we look… … natural impression. This is very often the case with pictures taken with wide-angle lenses. When we look at these from too great a distance, 0' f (Fig. 105), we will notice the too great expansion of the marginal parts. The foreground and the sides appear disproportionately large. When they are…
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