On Mon, 03 Aug 2009 15:23:43 -0700, Darren New wrote:

> Jim Henderson wrote:
>> I don't see how that relates - I'm talking about understanding depth of
>> field.....?
> 
> I've even read of tribes of people living in rainforests for generations
> who, when the researcher takes them out of the forest, are amazed that
> he knows how to make cows the size of flies. Never having been able to
> see more than a dozen yards in a straight line, they never got the whole
> perspective thing figured out.
> 
> Not that I've ever been able to find a cite for that, but I remember
> reading it long ago in a context that would imply it wasn't fictional.

Yeah, I remember reading that as well, I think maybe even up here, but 
there wasn't a good citation for it.

Jim

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