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by selcuka 589 days ago
> you often can make up for not having a zoom lens by walking towards what you're photographing

Nitpicking: You can't really make up for not having a zoom lens as your field of view will stay the same. Hitchcock's famous "dolly zoom" demonstrates that quite nicely.

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I know— I work in film. The distinction is meaningless in this analogy.