Elias, it has to do with the image distortion, it is an inevitable feature of lenses based on gnomonic, rectilinear projection that equal angle intervals need to be imaged onto a larger image distance towards the periphery, BTW it has to do with the subject features too. At the closest focusing distance, shorter the lens focal length, the risk about image distortion increases even if the lens is perfect about optical aberrations, the risk diminishes at larger focusing distances or using lenses with longer focal length, however, talking about documents reproduction, a focal length too long could produce a no wanted perspective for the document and then I think you can do a good work with a standard lens or a short tele, but a 50mm lens still could produce distortions at the minimal focusing distance, last Carl Zeiss Camera Lens News has an interesting technical article about Distortion: http://www.zeiss.com/C12567A8003B8B6F/EmbedTitelIntern/CLN_33_Distortion_EN/$File/CLN33_Distortion_Article.pdf Carlos 2009/10/13, Elias Roustom <eroustom@xxxxxxxxxxx>: > On Oct 13, 2009, at 6:34 AM, CarlosMFreaza wrote: > > it's better to work with a standard lens or a short tele avoiding the lens > > minimal focusing distance > > > > Hi Carlos - all you've said on this is familiar to me except the text quoted > above. How come? > > Thanks, > > Elias > > > --- > Rollei List > > - Post to rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > - Subscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with > 'subscribe'in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org > > - Unsubscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > with'unsubscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org > > - Online, searchable archives are available at > //www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list > > --- Rollei List - Post to rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx - Subscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org - Unsubscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org - Online, searchable archives are available at //www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list