Do photograph images have the same proportions of real life through the eye?

Answer 1

Photographs taken with what is usually called a "normal" lens, will capture an image approximating what the human eye sees, provided it is taken from a relatively flat angle.

That said, every image will be distorted, if for no other reason than you are taking a 3 dimensional image and making it a 2 dimensional image. The eye see in 3 dimensions, the camera see in 2 dimensions.

So you can create images that have the same proportions of real life through the eye, but doing so usually creates a rather uninteresting photograph.

Answer 2

Depends on the format of the camera and the focal length of the lens. If you shoot 35mm SLR for film or it's digital equivalent then the 50 mm lens will match what the eyes see.
But that said our field of view is much larger. Even without turning our head we will see more than than the frame of a 50mm.

To the below poster, Read the question properly. It asks about the being the same proportion. Of course the images are 2d and as I pointed out the view is more narrow.

Answer 3

Absolutely not, despite some of the other answers you see, here.

For one, no one's eyes will create a straight edged border. That is an artifact resulting from the printing process or computer monitor display.

Secondly, most of us have two eyes, resulting in a slightly different view through each eye. This is why we see in 3D and, unless we "fake it." by artifical needs, photographic images are displayed in 2D.

Finally, our eyes have peripheral vision, which extends, almost 180 degrees from side to side and up and down, not just what we see directly in front of us.

Answer 4

usually no... depends on the lens.