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The reason behind the saying of "the camera adds 10 pounds."
source: http://www.danvojtech.cz/blog/2016/07/amazing-how-focal-length-affect-shape-of-the-face/
Dan Vojtech is a great photographer that I enjoy following. Check out his other works.
IneedtochangemyusernameandIguessthiswillhavetodo
slower motherfucker
TheNewestUsername
Thats my problem! Everyone sees me at 500mm.. pffft. And i just thought i was fat. Silly me
DarthBaneoftheSith
This is actually cool
equityforpunks
Saying is wrong in practice. We see like 50mm ff lens captures on 35mm film/sensor. Camera can take off 10lb at wide end (20mm) not add it.
trefusis
He's cuter at 200mm.
DontTazeMeBrah
But how can mirrors be real if our eyes aren't real?
CommentsWithGandalf
At first I misread the title and thought it said follicle , and I was like, damn, short hair it is then :(
jackbos
Were these pics taken before or after he bombed the Boston Marathon?
NotAgainRichard
uncool mate
heatfreakMN
Looks like you ate 5 cameras
heatfreakMN
#betweentwoferns
WardSharlow
More like the fisheye lens takes off 10 pounds. The most scale- and ratio-accurate pictures you can take is with a long lens from far away.
cokane73
this is objectively interesting
TimeFoDat
What's not directly apparent is that this happens because the perspective changes; the camera is physically getting farther away.
TimeFoDat
Close up the relative distance of the face & body is extreme. As you move back it decreases. You can hide a lot of fat shooting wide & close
DemoB0y
Proof that no matter your focal length, you cant make a D-bag handsome.
kuneshha
so which is the real one?
NotAgainRichard
All of them
kuneshha
Yes, I know that. I was making a joke.
MamaKin
That is width/
erikagainagain1
50 mm is good latin
BlueAndGreenAndWhite
That's pretty friggin awesome.
PIayer3
What is normal on a telephone?
s6644
Most phones I've noticed have a 35mm "equivalent" lens.
2xlepergnome4lyfe
The photographer is moving away from his subject as his focal length increases, right?
JewishUnicorn
This reminded me of that stupid JOHN CENA shrinking face gif
bflynnagan
This is cool as fuck
thereisagifforeverythingisntthere
Slower you slut
TheyCallMeMrPigeonCuzImJustSoCoo
TIL The camera actually can add ten pounds.
equityforpunks
No they don't. They can take off. We look ourselves close on mirror, and see ourselves like 24mm in GIF. Others see us like 50mm.
TheyCallMeMrPigeonCuzImJustSoCoo
TIL I can't do anything right.
cptcr
what focal length is my self facing camera on my phone that makes my head look like a loaf of bread?
NotAgainRichard
Approx 26mm (in 35mm equivalent)
niVi21
TIL i should always take pictures with 200mm lenses.
ceilingrrr
200mm can make the head look a little small compared to the body
ceilingrrr
Actually 50-100mm is preferred for portrait shots
Lillfot
You bastard!
AuroraNora33
so you want to look fat?
s6644
135 or bust.
NotAgainRichard
135 because thats the longest lens I have. :D
Captainclickbait
Lol, I'm never going on a diet again! I can just adjust the camera and die happy
HelloToe
Perspective, NOT focal length. It's all in the camera position. You could make this GIF by zooming w/ your feet & cropping to = subject size
whatispants
Nope!
touchthecowdoitnow
So what's the focal length closest to the human eye?
KevinTanenbaum
Add the angle of a 14-18mm lens with the proportion of a 35-50mm lens
moneyshot1
69mm... At 70-80mm you get pink eye.
rikkyn1
It's 35mm
RobotCosmonaut
1/2) The last photo is the one that probably looks closest to this guy IRL. There is a reason you always see photographers using those
RobotCosmonaut
2/2) but lenses when photographing models. At least this is what my photographer friends told me in reference to these images...
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RubberCatTurds
No, the human eye is not large enough for there to be 50mm distance between the lens and the retina.
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DeletedProfiles
the human eye has a focal length of apx 22 mm, this is misleading as 1 the back of our eyes are curved, 2 the periphery of our visual
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IamNotAnAlien
so that's I'm always fat in photos
donthatecapitulate
pretty sure its 50mm
RubberCatTurds
Maybe if you're an anime character? The eye is not large enough to have 50mm distance between the lens and the retina.
donthatecapitulate
You are right, but I was referring to the field of view. 50mm will give you just about the same field of view as the human eye.
Jawlessgull
This is what I've been taught. Though, not trying to preach.
conkles
About tree fiddy
ComehereAreyouticklish
There it is
DeadpoolWilson
SomePeopleSayThatCucumbersTasteBetterPickled
God damn it, monster!
s6644
On a 35mm camera ("full frame" in digital talk) it's about 50-65mm for natural eye perspective. Source: my W2 says photographer on it.
apageofthedarkhold
There is also something about what you actually see and what your brain is filling in automatically. 50mm is about right.
equityforpunks
This is correct. It has same view angle as human eye. Optics are equivaled by angle. Human eyes 17mm focal length is about 50mm equivalent.
rainerclouds
Thank you for mentioning film/sensor size. Anyone who is throwing out a number without equivalent sensor size isn't totally right.
s6644
Makes a 100 percent difference, for sure.
RubberCatTurds
About 17mm
RubberCatTurds
Source: http://www.physicsclassroom.com/class/refrn/Lesson-6/The-Wonder-of-Accommodation
RubberCatTurds
Another source that lists various sources: http://hypertextbook.com/facts/2002/JuliaKhutoretskaya.shtml
RoRebbel
Doesn't that also depend on the distance the subject is removed from the viewer? If you touch noses I think it could be fish-eye like almost
RubberCatTurds
The lens is pliable & has ciliary muscles that can contract to change its shape to focus. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accommodation_(eye)
RoRebbel
Hrmmm, I need to read that in order to understand it. Thanks for the link.
equityforpunks
So OP has messed this up badly. Focal length is relative metric in optical systems. Key is view angle. To equalize different optical 1/
SepiaSkies
Thank you. Strictly speaking f=17mm, but it's clear the context was asking which of these most closely mimics what we see.
equityforpunks
Nice. I fix messed up info of OP and get downvoted. Yes, eye is 17mm but that is equivalent of 50mm on camera! Camera doesn't make you fat!
SepiaSkies
Right? Fucking imgur circlejerk sometimes.
equityforpunks
2/ systems, one much find equal view angle/field of view. This ensures that the compression is the same, which dictates the relation of..
equityforpunks
3/ ..propotions in the picture plane. 17mm lens on camera is not the same as 17mm focal length of eye in propotions. ~45mm lens is
RubberCatTurds
The question was not about if focal length or field of view is more important. The question was what the focal length is of the eye. (1)
rainerclouds
Alright. I crunched the numbers. OP is right in saying 17mm. But bear with me to understand why 55mm is considered a "normal" or natural (1)
rainerclouds
focal length for 35mm format. The focal length of an optically average eye is about the same as the distance between the front and back (2)
rainerclouds
of the eye, so 23.30mm. But we now must consider that the eye is full of fluid and such and a camera is full of air. The refractive (3)
rainerclouds
index of the inside of the eye is 1.336, similar to water. So the focal length of 23.30mm in the eye is indeed equivalent to 17.44mm in (4)
donthatecapitulate
I think what's being asked is, what camera focal length is closest to what we see, not the actual focal length of the human eye
donthatecapitulate
17mm camera lens is too wide. 35-55mm camera lens are more normal, and used a lot as portrait lenses.
equityforpunks
You are correct. This OP has messsed up this thing badly, as he hasn't realized view angle is the key, not physical focal length.
NotAgainRichard
He has, he is answering the question asked, not the question implied. People need to ask better questions.
RubberCatTurds
And I think everyone else who answered is confusing focal length and field of view. I stand by my answer. I literally have a PhD in this.
flamingflamingo
I'm not doubting you, but although the human eye DOES see in 17mm, we have two of them, so nothing looks like that first pic.
NotAgainRichard
Dr RubberCatTurds PhD. (Physics, Optics)
Cheomesh
What the hell is someone with a PhD doing on Imgur, home of washed up, under-performing losers?
RubberCatTurds
Being a washed up, under-performing loser and having a PhD are not necessarily mutually exclusive.
AluminumandAsh
I have a Phd in underwater basket weaving.
AluminumandAsh
Can't find a job because of fucking Obama.
RubberCatTurds
We see with a focal length of around 17mm, but with a field of view about 55 degrees wide. A 43mm lens would have that field of view, but
rainerclouds
Um, the average person can see with a binocular visual field of about 200 degrees. I dunno where you're getting this 55 degree field from.
RubberCatTurds
would make someone look "fatter," as in the images above.
RubberCatTurds
I keep seeing other people answering 35 or 50mm. This is wrong. The human eye is not large enough to accommodate that distance between (1)
BreadGoneBad
Try this: Get a 70mm lens and put your camera so that one eye looks straight ahead and the other looks straight ahead through the camera (1)
BreadGoneBad
After years of working as a photographer I have never seen anyone be able to "prove" to me that 35mm or 50mm is a normal. 17mm is just (2)
BreadGoneBad
ridiculous. If you want things to look realistic, use 70mm because that will make stuff look correct when viewed close up.
BananaAppleFunTime
Would love a citation on this information. Was taught it was 35-50 but am open to why it might not be.
equityforpunks
It's 35-50mm when equalized to 35mm film camera focal length. OP is autistically believing 17mm focal length on all systems give same result
RubberCatTurds
http://hypertextbook.com/facts/2002/JuliaKhutoretskaya.shtml
RubberCatTurds
http://www.physicsclassroom.com/class/refrn/Lesson-6/The-Wonder-of-Accommodation
yourebreakingmyballs
Damn OP knows his shit!
RubberCatTurds
her*
yourebreakingmyballs
Did i just assume your gender??
RubberCatTurds
It's ok. I'm not triggered.
RubberCatTurds
the lens and the retina.
You are all confusing field of view and focal length. The focal length of our (2)
TomxHasxTourettes
nice
RubberCatTurds
eyes changes with focus (accommodation), but the average is about 17mm. Our field of view average is about 55 degrees. A 43mm lens has (3)
SweetJackal
Maybe you mean that field of view upon which we focus and see in 3D averages 55 degrees but your natural FoV is much higher. It's why 1/2
SweetJackal
games can cause sim sickness in some people, the % of your view that is taken up by the screen being far more than the FoV of the game. 2/2
RubberCatTurds
that field of view, which is probably why people are saying 35 or 50. Like the images above, that would make someone look "fatter" than (4)
RubberCatTurds
the the 17mm lenses that we have in our eyes. End rant. (5)
Chake14u
WHAT IS THAT THING
RubberCatTurds
A tarsier
TheBlackWindHowls
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Jz0JcQYtqo
Voxxorian
Ze. <33