Does the eye focus differently on mirrors than on pictures?

Subject: Does the eye focus differently on mirrors than on pictures?

Date: Mon Jan 17 22:52:23 2000
Posted by Mark Benjamin
Grade level: undergrad School: Hamline University
City: St. Paul State/Province: MN Country: USA
Area of science: Physics
ID: 948171143.Ph

Message:


I am nearsighted.  If I look at an image on the surface of a mirror, the 
objects in the 'background' are blurred but the objects in the 'foreground' 
are in focus.  Why?  It is a two-dimensional image.  When I look at a 
two-dimensional picture, all of the objects are in focus.  Why is this not 
true when I focus on an image on the surface of a mirror?

Re: Does the eye focus differently on mirrors than on pictures?

Current Queue | Current Queue for Physics | Physics archives

Try the links in the MadSci Library for more information on Physics.