Shell Mgmnt wrotte : "With all due respect to my learned friend but the idea that
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It's well known that cameras can distort and give a false impression.
is just luddite horsesh8t.
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SM, cameras can and do give false impressions. Example from another part of the transport industry.
Residents of an estate were unhappy with a bus service operating through their estate. One resident was a reporter for the local rag. To bolster their case, they got said rags photograper out to take a photo of speeding bus. Phot duly obtained and published, showing blurred bus. I happened to be on the bus concerned, in an official capacity (local authority , investigating the complaints), which was actually doing 10mph at the time. Bus was blurred as the photo was taken at dusk, on a very slow shutter speed off a tripod.
Different focal lengths can also be used to give false impressions (appearance of reduced distance between vehicles, for example).
So yes, the phrase "the camera never lies" is not only misleading, it is just plain wrong.
MD