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    Quote Originally Posted by figheadair View Post
    The alternative to finding a 20 foot long room is to view material in a mirror as doing so has an effect on the eye that I cannot explain but seems to give a much better impression of what a sett will look like on. Possibly something to do with focal length?
    That is because a mirror always doubles the distance between it and the viewer. No matter where you stand, you will always appear half as big as you think you are, and this may also explain why you always look twice as big in photographs as you think you should be.


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    Last edited by Rex_Tremende; 7th January 10 at 04:38 AM.
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