Question - Barrel Distortion vs Perspective Distortion?

[P. J. Alling]

This is what you get for rewriting and sending without reading.

That should read "I didn't understand..." 

P. J. Alling wrote:
> It's possible that you didn't get the correct information on DOF, 
> because a lot of teachers cover it wrong.  They don't understand it 
> properly either for a very long time.
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> Eactivist at aol.com wrote:
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>> In a message dated 11/10/2007 8:51:44 A.M.  Pacific Standard Time, 
>> pdml at web-options.com writes:
>> The book "Photography" by  London and Upton has been used for teaching
>> photography for many years and  contains a lot of solid advice on all
>> aspects of photography. You can  probably find it quite easily in your
>> local library or used bookshop. It has  some good stuff about this, and
>> a good example of the way perspective changes  with the lens-subject
>> distance, and the affect of different focal  lengths.
>>
>> Bob
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>> Great, thanks!
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>> Really  haven't got this particular aspect in any photography classes to  
>> date.
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>> Well, actually I just recently also found out I don't understand  DOF as well 
>> as I thought I did. But that's me, because I am sure some teacher  covered 
>> it. And that's another question. One I may not ask, because I can  probably get 
>> that out of a book as well.
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>> I've been using it pretty  effectively, but some aspects of it I really 
>> misunderstood. You know, "I just  wanna take pretty pictures" and not think about 
>> the technical aspects too much.  But sometimes, sigh, it becomes necessary.
>>
>> Marnie aka Doe  ;-)
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