Editing Perspective distortion (section)

=== Examples ===

Below, a series of three photos shows the same scene shot from the same position with three different lenses: a wide-angle lens, a normal lens, and a telephoto lens. Notice that because the proportions in the image do not change with the angle of view, if the photos made with the wide-angle lens and the normal lens were cropped to contain the same scene as the photo made with the telephoto lens, then the image content would be exactly the same. The apparent difference in proportions results solely from the content added around the edges of the frame in the normal lens photo and the wide-angle photo.

<gallery mode="packed" heights="195" 
 caption="Photos taken using a [[135 film|35 mm]] still camera at a constant distance from the subject with a 28&nbsp;mm lens, a 50&nbsp;mm lens and a 70&nbsp;mm lens.''>
File:Angleofview 28mm f4.jpg|28 mm
File:Angleofview 50mm f4.jpg|50 mm
File:Angleofview 70mm f4.jpg|70 mm
</gallery>

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Below, a series of four photos shows an object framed as nearly the same as possible with four different lenses. As a result of the different [[angle of view]] of each lens, the photographer moved closer to the object with each photo. Note that the angle of view changes significantly (compare the background in each photo), and the distance between objects appears greater with each succeeding image. In the fourth image at the lower right, taken with the widest lens, the building behind the object appears much further away than in reality.

<gallery mode="packed" heights="150" caption="Photos taken using a 35&amp;nbsp;mm camera with a 100&amp;nbsp;mm, a 70&amp;nbsp;mm, a 50&amp;nbsp;mm, and a 28&amp;nbsp;mm lens, at different distances from the subject.">
File:Sameframe 100mm f8.jpg|100mm
File:Sameframe 70mm f8.jpg|70 mm
File:Sameframe 50mm f8.jpg|50 mm
File:Sameframe 28mm f8.jpg|28 mm
</gallery>