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Originally Posted by Clive  For a standard focal length lens (35mm Digital) I recon about 6-7 metres for the side shot. 3 mretres would be OK for the front and rear I reckon  |
It does depend on the lens focal length though. Using an ultra wide <20mm would give some barrel distortion and false perspective and could be shot from 2 metres.
Conversely, I could stand 100 metres away and use a 400mm lens!
Maybe some bench marks are needed.