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Re: [OM] shift vs shift/tilt

Subject: Re: [OM] shift vs shift/tilt
From: "Terry and Tracey" <foxcroft@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2001 20:59:36 +1100
Not sure if the site is still up, but this gives a conversion of a Bronica
lens to a tilt shift.
I was looking for a T mount lens to mount on a ball joint then connect to a
body mount. But I'm just too lazy.

http://www.smu.edu/~rmonagha/bronshift.html

Foxy

----- Original Message -----
>
> Several people have pointed out that a superwide and Panorama Tools (or
similar)
> can be used like a shift in many circumstances. (Such as outdoor shots
where
> you have lots of DOF.) Another thing they can do is convert a shift-only
> lens to a tilt-shift.
>
> Consider shooting a tabletop shot. You tilt the lens down to make the zone
in
> focus lie more parallel to the table, then adjust the back tilt for
keystoning
> correction. With a shift, you can shift up, then point the axis of the
camera
> body down so that the back (and the lens) lies more parallel to the table.
> This is largely equivalent to a tilt. Then you could use Panorama Tools to
> undo the resulting (reversed) keystoning. PT can change lens projection,
but
> not where the focus was; so use your camera and lens for that. I've tried
it;
> it works. But since I don't have Photoshop, I can't do the keystone
correction
> yet, so I only get the tilt effect.



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