https://pho.tography.org/tags/telephoto-compression/ Recent content in telephoto compression on pho.tography.org Hugo -- gohugo.io en-us Sun, 03 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://pho.tography.org/compression-and-separation-ef-200mm-f/2.8l-ii-usm-at-distance/ Sun, 03 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://pho.tography.org/compression-and-separation-ef-200mm-f/2.8l-ii-usm-at-distance/ Telephoto compression is frequently misunderstood. It is not a property of the focal length — it is a property of the distance. A 200mm lens at ten meters produces the same perspective compression as a 50mm lens at ten meters, because compression is a function of camera-to-subject distance, not focal length. What the 200mm lens does is allow you to be at that ten-meter distance while filling the frame with a subject that would be a speck at 50mm.