Re: Best ****trait lens focal length

"otzi" <xx@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote
> a 180 on a 35mm ... a fair way back but the shallow depth gave a certain

> look/feel that stood out

300mm lenses on 35mm cameras were/are used for ****traiture
in Japan.  Maybe the flattened perspective was felt
to be similar to Japanese painting?

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http://spectacle.berkeley.edu/~fiorillo/texts/topictexts/artist_varia_topics/bijin3.html

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