perspective and parallax do not equal aspect ratio, these are two totally different things. the claim was that the video is squished and that is why a long car looks short.
the validity of using scene ques to extrapolate realworld size is not an exact science. so yes, those will be off.
but not proportions.
If this was in response to my message before it, I wasn't arguing aspect ratio, merely offering my views on the wider issue of what kind of comparisons can be reliably made.
Aspect ratio isn't the only thing that squishes images or vice-versa. Different kinds of lens geometry certainly can cause similar aberrations. Depending on the lens, for example, a photograph of a far object can become effectively squished compared to a near, wide object that lens geometry has stretched, so the distance of the item as well as the comparability of cameras in question certainly can cause differences - as can digital post-processing that happens in cameras and especially smartphone cameras, which sometimes can employ slightly weird aspect ratios etc. for performance reasons.
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I propose that this vehicle could be a Model 3 test mule, rather than a Model X. Here's why...
First, why would Tesla disguise a vehicle they've already shown on their web site and at at numerous car shows and events? Unless they've made significant design changes.
Secondly, I've done a photo of analysis, and it appears that this test mule vehicle has a shorter wheelbase than the Model X prototypes. Wouldn't Tesla have standardized the wheelbase between the Model S and the Model X, so that these vehicles could share the same battery and perhaps a good deal of the drive train?
It is a nice speculation, but I think it is probably not true.
According to recent leaks, Tesla indeed has made significant design changes to Model X. Hence this mule has significant camo on the front.
As for the wheelbase, someone said Model X prototypes had a longer wheelbase than Model S and that Model X production model would be the same as Model S, so shorter.
It also has a tow hitch clearly visible, which would fit a Model X mule.
The theory that this mule is Model 3, doesn't reflect Elon Musk's tweet on Model 3 looking very different from normal cars.
In theory, it could be a Model 3 base prototype disguised as a Model X, but if that was the case, wouldn't it make much more sense to disguise it as a Model S...
Finally, the simplest explanation - timing wise - is that this is a Model X beta vehicle.