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Anyone have experience using 35mm tilt & shift ?
Please forgive me for asking this question in lg. format NG. But I'm
hoping that you folks might know more about this, than the people at smaller format NGs. I've been invited to be to participate in an architectural project. The goal is publication. My tools of choice are a 4x5 monorail using scanned negative color film w/ 4 lenses of 240mm; 150mm; 90mm; & one shorter. I have the first four. I would have to obtain the shorter one. However the financier of the projects wants to use digital. (For environmental, health, and reasons of economy. [Her opinions, not mine] Plus she is very skilled w/ Photoshop) Do to the incredibly high cost of digital for any format larger that full 35mm, we are left w/ no choice other than 35mm or smaller. 1. Of the several 35mm format, or smaller, tilt & shift lenses, do any give enough shift to actually be of much value for correcting perspective? 2. Also how does one compose & focus on a mirror that's between the lens & focal plane w/ the lens shifted? Wouldn't the angle of mirror being between the lens & focal plane cause distortion or misalignment of the image between the focal plane & the SLR ground glass? Oh by the way, I'm basing these questions on the assumption that all 4x5 digital backs are in the $20K range. I hope I'm wrong. Are there any $10K? That would fit the budget, and be ideal. Thanks for any help John |
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Anyone have experience using 35mm tilt & shift ?
(John McGraw) wrote in message . com...
Please forgive me for asking this question in lg. format NG. But I'm hoping that you folks might know more about this, than the people at smaller format NGs. I've been invited to be to participate in an architectural project. The goal is publication. My tools of choice are a 4x5 monorail using scanned negative color film w/ 4 lenses of 240mm; 150mm; 90mm; & one shorter. I have the first four. I would have to obtain the shorter one. However the financier of the projects wants to use digital. (For environmental, health, and reasons of economy. [Her opinions, not mine] Plus she is very skilled w/ Photoshop) Do to the incredibly high cost of digital for any format larger that full 35mm, we are left w/ no choice other than 35mm or smaller. 1. Of the several 35mm format, or smaller, tilt & shift lenses, do any give enough shift to actually be of much value for correcting perspective? 2. Also how does one compose & focus on a mirror that's between the lens & focal plane w/ the lens shifted? Wouldn't the angle of mirror being between the lens & focal plane cause distortion or misalignment of the image between the focal plane & the SLR ground glass? Oh by the way, I'm basing these questions on the assumption that all 4x5 digital backs are in the $20K range. I hope I'm wrong. Are there any $10K? That would fit the budget, and be ideal. Thanks for any help John My experience with shift lenses for 35mm format has not been good due to lens aberration problems. Image quality is OK for small prints, but nowhere near 4x5. With modest digital equipment you can easily exceed 4x5 image quality and perspective control via stitching, but be prepared to put in some effort. The stitching technique is ideally suited to architecture. Brian www.caldwellphotographic.com |
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Anyone have experience using 35mm tilt & shift ?
HiYa
no problems ... I've been using an EOS with a 24TS-E and 90TS-E for a bit before I got into LF ohh ... thought I'd mention, the 90 is about one of the sweetest lenses I've used See Ya (when bandwidth gets better ;-) Chris Eastwood Photographer, Programmer Motorcyclist and dingbat please remove undies for reply |
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