An introduction to the science & practice of photography (1888)
Jones, Chapman · London : Iliffe & Son · leaf 146
I42 THE SCIENCE AND PRACTICE OF PHOTOGRAPHY. secure without using a lens of shorter focal length. There is no fear of using a lens of too long a focal length. By changing the point of view new features are often brought into sight, as in the very simple case of a building with a sloping roof. The… … Fig. 40. get no indication of the roof in his picture, but by retiring to b he will get this desirable addition. His picture at b will be on a smaller scale unless he uses a lens of longer focal length. The distance that the camera is from a model in por- traiture is an exceedingly important item…
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