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    vial, eee ea ar FOR eeu eta) Cet rer l Fig. 1 SINARON-S 240 mm, format 4x5" Finding the optimum lens and format Take a look atthe shots on the tile page. Everyone knows the problem — round objects taken with short focal lengths show distortion at the edge of the shot. Photographers get up to every kind of trick to eliminate this fault. This SINAR Info describes how to tackle the problem. Lot's start off with the conceptot perspec: lve. Perspective The illusion of three-dimensional space can be created on a two-dimensional plane with perspective. Geometrical per- spective is based on the fact that the dimensions appear smaller the greater the distance is. In other words an object will appearlarge close up, and very small from a lone way off. The choice of the camera viewpoint therefore enables the Perspective to be deliberately influen- ced, Frequently the camera viewpoint anc focal length are determined by viewing the subject on the focusing screen. This ‘method leads to unnecessary limitations, land you can waste a lt of time and lose ‘most of your creative potential inthis way. Professional photography is realistic photography. Use a format mask to establish the camera viewpoint and the perspective you want al varying distances and viewpoints. Once you have done this, you know which is the fight lens. Fig. 6 SINARON-W 65 mm ron RNA K ice When you decide the right camera distance, both the shape of the photo- ‘graphed subject and the space involved Play important roles. As far as docu: mentary photography goes, there are roughly two main types of subjects: sub- jects inthe shape ofacube and spherical (ound) ones. Here are two examples, ‘The box of coloured pencils on the left (Fig. 4) was shot rom along way off with a SINARON-S 360 mm. The edges of the box are almost parallel, due to the distance of the camera viewpoint. This makes the picture flat and uninteresting With a closer viewpoint the front edge of the box is much nearer to the lens than the back edge, in relation tothe distance, and is therefore depicted bigger. Re Ceding lines appear. The picture on the fight (Fig. 5) was taken close up with a SINARON-W 65 mm and looks dynamic and alive. Tho effect ofa shor focal length is quite

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