Friday 4 June 2010

Focal length and angle of view











For exercise 1 I decided to take a picture of the bandstand in our local park in Swanage. The first picture was to work out the standard focal length, and involved making the object seen through the camera the same size as seen by the naked eye, which gave a focal length of between 55mm and 60mm. Further pictures were taken at the widest angle of view which was 18mm, and at the furthest telephoto setting which was 105mm.

After printing the pictures I returned to the same spot. Holding the first picture up it was slightly less than half arms length to make the printed scene the same as the real scene. At the widest angle of view I was unable to make it the same because the picture was too fuzzy due to having to hold it too close to my eyes. The furthest telephoto setting was beyond arms length so I couldnt make the two images the same.

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