Yeah it's disappointing to see photographers getting this wrong. Most of them know better.

It's the _distance_ that causes distortion, not the _lens_. You can prove this by doodling light rays on a sheet of paper. There is no lens that will get you a good photo at 1 meter from a person. They stand back 2 or 3 or more and then say "ho ho fish eye lens". I'm so sick of it

Someone agrees: https://petapixel.com/2021/08/02/lenses-dont-cause-perspecti...