What Focal Length is Closest to Human Eyesight?

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What Focal Length is Closest to Human Eyesight?

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Oct 2, 2017

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In this episode I discuss the focal length of our eyes, and what I consider to be a much more natural focal length if you consider the perspective and relationship between the elements in the scene.

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Music by Martin Bailey

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Oct 2, 2017

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