An introduction to the science & practice of photography (1891)
Jones, H. Chapman (Henry Chapman), 1854- · London : Iliffe & Son · leaf 153
hitted to a more suitable distance (b). The same proportions can be got by lowering the near point of view, but this would entirely alter the appearance of the face, showing the underside of the nose, &c. Fig. 41. Anything round — such as a ball, a column, a face, or a limb — shows a greater extent… … Fig. 42. interfere (loss of visible detail from the smallness of the image produced, loss of detail from mist in the air, &c.) There is a distortion always present when an image is produced by a lens or a pinhole upon a flat surface, because the surface is flat. Considering the picture as bounded…
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