On Tuesday, August 20, 2002 at 10:47, Daniel J. Mitchell
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wrote re "RE: [OM] A shifty-looking auction" saying:
> > Does anybody know anything about these? Looks interesting,
> > but then...
> >
> > http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1374957562
>
> Perhaps I'm missing something, but how useful would an 80mm shift lens be?
> As far as I can see, that's long enough that you'd have a hard time getting
> enough perspective distortion in there for the shift to be worthwhile,
> though I may be mis-visualising it.
Depends on whether you're near or far.
The shift should increase along with the focal length... but not with
this lens, still 11mm.
I see the major use for this being product photography, using the tilt
to adjust the focus plane to make sharp & unsharp whatever you want.
tOM
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