Questions tagged “distance”

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How do I calculate the camera-to-subject distance so a flat object fills the frame?

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3y ago

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Does photographing yourself in a mirror increase the effective camera-to-subject distance?

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4y ago

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Can a 50x zoom camera frame a 500 m area from 6 km away?

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Does flash guide number still follow the inverse-square law at very long distances?

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6y ago

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How far away can a camera identify a face or detect a person?

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7y ago

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When does the distance formula D = fH/h apply in photography?

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How far away can a 2 m object be before it’s too small to see in a photo?

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10y ago

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How far away should I be to fill the frame with a tiger using a 300mm lens on Canon APS-C?

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12y ago

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What camera-to-subject distance gives natural-looking head-and-shoulders portraits?

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12y ago

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How does an object's apparent size change with distance from the camera?

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13y ago

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Can a camera automatically measure a subject’s size or distance from photos?

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13y ago

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How do I calculate how far to move to keep the same framing with a different focal length?

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13y ago

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How do you calculate the distance change needed to match framing at a different focal length?

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14y ago