According to a New Scientist article in early 2000s, women really do look fatter on television, while men look more hunky, say researchers at the University of Liverpool. They investigated differences between 2D images such as TV pictures and 3D images produced using stereoscopic cameras.
It is a perceived wisdom in the broadcasting industry that TV cameras make people look about four kilograms(10 lbs) heavier than they are.
Another article says: "Your eyes are placed on your face horizontally, so you get a 'widescreen' view of the world," he said. "TV—specifically, NTSC—is nearly square (4:3), so you are significantly modifying your view of the world, not just by 'zooming in' and isolating the TV in your view, but also by changing your entire perspective." Watson said that it's not hard to see how your brain might try to compensate for this by stretching things out a little, therefore making people look wider.
And other articles say that any camera will have this effect. To highlight the way that focal length can affect the shape of the face, Business Insider's article showed a person's head in a series of nine portraits at 20mm, 24mm, 28mm, 35mm, 50mm, 70mm, 105mm, 150mm, and 200mm. Take a look at it HERE. This is known as the Hitchcok zoom with it expanding out. That article says that the best way to avoid extra pounds is to use 88mm to 135mm lenses. I am right on it.
I found this wonderful Georgian Bay scene in the archives.
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