Today I took a photo of a park landscape. The moon rising in the background. When looking at the scene thru my specticles, the moon was the size of a dinner plate. My specs are 3x mag. I took a digital photo using a 3x mag lens. The moon was now a pin prick, in relation to the landscape when viewed on the digicam LCD. The digi cam sensor is 3000x2000pics.. Why does the camera lie? What causes the disparity of moon size between my eye and the camera?
2006-11-01 07:36:20 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
When you looked at the moon with your eye, the moon was out of focus, so it looked big relative to the landscape (which your eye was focused on). Besides, when the moon is low on the horizon, the light has to pass through extra air, so the light from the moon is scattered more (placed out of focus).
The camera brought the moon into focus, so it looked smaller. Next time, try using "portrait mode"(focuses the foreground image only) and see what happens.
2006-11-01 07:46:05 · answer #1 · answered by Randy G 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
35 mm is the standard for cameras...so a 3x zoom on a camera lens = 105mm ( which aint much zoom)...also did you look at the picture at 100% on your puter...and when you do look at it 100% its not gonna look very good
2006-11-01 15:54:44 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋