Explain qualitatively why a camera focused on a very distant object requires the…

PHYSICS · Subjective · AP · Physics 2: Algebra-based · Geometric Optics · Geometric Optics

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Explain qualitatively why a camera focused on a very distant object requires the separation between the lens and the sensor to equal the lens’s focal length, and describe how this separation must change as the object being photographed moves closer to the lens.

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