{"id":17699,"date":"2020-10-06T11:01:58","date_gmt":"2020-10-06T19:01:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/randyw.camiwp.com\/?p=17699"},"modified":"2021-01-06T08:00:57","modified_gmt":"2021-01-06T16:00:57","slug":"17699","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/?p=17699","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/prime-lens-focallength-2-1-1024x635-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/prime-lens-focallength-2-1-1024x635-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"305\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-20832\" srcset=\"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/prime-lens-focallength-2-1-1024x635-1.jpg 550w, https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/prime-lens-focallength-2-1-1024x635-1-330x183.jpg 330w, https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/prime-lens-focallength-2-1-1024x635-1-150x83.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 85vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>FROM 50 MM TO 28 MM<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s interesting when you think about it. In the 1950s and before that, people saw the world with what artists called a &#8220;normal&#8221; perspective. It resembled a 50 mm focal length composition on a full-frame 35 mm format camera.  <\/p>\n<p>You see that perspective when you travel to European cities. The streets and buildings are narrow and complement that field of view. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>However, when you look at U.S. streets or even music album art from the 1960s, it&#8217;s often portrayed using with either a narrower telephoto or a wider 35 mm frame. The Byrds first album cover was even shot with a fisheye lens. People were experimenting. Photographers were moving outside of the box.<\/p>\n<p>Now, when you make a pic with your cell phone camera, you are invariably using a 28 mm point of view. Today, even distorted self portraits are deemed &#8220;normal&#8221;. Our perspective on the world is constantly changing. <\/p>\n<p>More of my views on focal lengths <a href=\"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/?p=5028 \"><em>here<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FROM 50 MM TO 28 MM It&#8217;s interesting when you think about it. In the 1950s and before that, people saw the world with what artists called a &#8220;normal&#8221; perspective. It resembled a 50 mm focal length composition on a full-frame 35 mm format camera. You see that perspective when you travel to European cities. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/?p=17699\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"spay_email":""},"categories":[4,10,5],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17699"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17699"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17699\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20831,"href":"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17699\/revisions\/20831"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17699"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17699"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17699"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}