[OM] Re: I'm looking hard at the Evolt E-500, what's the general concenus ?

[Chuck Norcutt]

Look at the L plates on this page: 
<http://www.reallyrightstuff.com/tutorials/L_plates/index.html>
Notice the long grooves in the sides.  Tongues on the QR plate slide 
into the grooves on the L plate.  Since the L plate is quite long you 
can also position the camera off center along the length of the L plate.

Using a shift lens alone, shifting the lens left or right would 
reposition the lens.  Using the L plate you can slide the camera in the 
opposite direction.  The film or sensor will get a different view 
because of the lens shift but the center of the lens has remained in the 
same spot.  It would be like shifting the back of a view camera.  The 
lens is stationary and the camera has moved.

Chuck Norcutt


Bernard Frangoulis wrote:

>>I also use a long plate as a macro slider. Having an L plate that can be
>>clamped at either orientation at the end of the slider is another minor
>>advantage.
>>
>>The trick of stiching two vertical format pictures from a shift lens
>>together to form a larger landscape format image works best with an L
>>bracket ... the lens is kept in the same position by sliding both the camera
>>and shifting the lens.
> 
> 
> I must admit I don't quite get it (having never handled an L plate). Could 
> you give some more detail?
> 
> Bernard



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