Hi--
>Your explanation makes sense.
>
>Would it then be the case that if you used the same magnification, ie
>shot your faucet from 2.4 feet with the 24mm lens and from 20 feet
>with the 200mm lens, then the psychological appearance of identical
>circles would be the same?
>
> -- David Jacobson
I just checked it out (though your distance relationships may not be
right for the same framing - or, I guess, magnification would be more important?), and, yes, the images are very similar (and an out of focus
bottle beyond the tap was about equally unsharp in both images).
David Ruether