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The Camera Adds Ten pounds

6 July, 2008 (04:17) | Illusions, Physics, Tech

How many cameras are you wearing? (Chandler, to Monica)

candid camera, over at Cocktail Party Physics.

Richmond’s main hypothesis, however, was that the effect stems from the fact that the camera only has one “eye” (i.e., the lens), whereas human beings have two eyes, roughly 7 to 8 centimeters apart. The camera, it seems, lacks depth perception. The result is a kind of “flattening” effect that can make objects seem wider in photographs.

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