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Post #AiV7EEZG5Hw1knTqts by [email protected] |
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#photography nerditry thread: Shift MovementsAs an urban landscape photographer… |
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Suppose we want to make a photograph of a building. We set up our tripod on the… |
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Post #AiV8TK7BqFfvFx6vmS by [email protected] |
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In this example, I'm using a 40mm lens (on a 645 format sensor, so that'… |
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Post #AiV8ve43GQY7Ej9DgO by [email protected] |
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What happened here? Why doesn't the front of the building look rectangular,… |
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Post #AiV9dkaAOKjWC3CTJY by [email protected] |
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So what can we do to make a photo that correctly reflects the true geometry of … |
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Post #AiVAF08jVnLn9u8BGK by [email protected] |
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Let's take these one by one.Post processing to fix the distortion seems lik… |
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There are two problems, however. The geometry isn't quite perfect, because … |
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Post #AiVB0bKp2VSA7xU0J6 by [email protected] |
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Our next option is to move the camera up, so that we can aim the camera paralle… |
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Post #AiVBVxGRYZ2d7KNxNQ by [email protected] |
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Our next option is to use a wider angle lens, so we can keep the camera aimed s… |
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Post #AiVC186LJYW5hlWgV6 by [email protected] |
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Since the wide angle image (with the crappy composition) includes a perfectly g… |
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Post #AiVCukRqRYSQYw6Xia by [email protected] |
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Our final option (saving the best for last here) is to use our original 40mm le… |
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Post #AiVDzkHsZIihSxOEu8 by [email protected] |
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View cameras (the kind with a bellows that make the photographer look like they… |
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Post #AiVERHMrgTyfsjqpAO by [email protected] |
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There are two disadvantages to using shift. The first is that lenses tend to be… |
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Post #AiVEpkAEGwFG8qbeaG by [email protected] |
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Whether it's worth using a system with camera movements, as opposed to corr… |
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Post #AiVEt8MYl2t23tzSxU by [email protected] |
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@mattblaze Obviously use shift. Post looks odd, moving upward would be fine if … |
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Post #AiVEt8QSWY0QFzoa2K by [email protected] |
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@jbh OK, thanks for the advice. |
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Post #AiVEz1iUNiIxBc3dJY by [email protected] |
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@mattblaze do you have one of those cameras where you can angle the backplane ,… |
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Post #AiVEz1mk7thvOo31we by [email protected] |
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@rayckeith Yes, discussed later in the thread |
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Post #AiVFoooXb648EEaJ2u by [email protected] |
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@mattblaze For a while I considered getting the Canon EF-mount tilt/shift lens,… |
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Post #AiVFoosRMbBWQKPQ7k by [email protected] |
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@wollman Yeah, but some of those (surviving) transmitter shacks are GORGEOUS. |
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Post #AiVHNir5qNxJpxzB8y by [email protected] |
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@mattblaze Thank you for the thread. In theory I understand the technical side,… |
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Post #AiVHNivhZFds4G8rKK by [email protected] |
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@cks Yet another advantage that the very tall have over the rest of us. |
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Post #AiVHzP1U1qHFKeoSem by [email protected] |
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Production notes: I didn't aim the 23mm image (that got cropped) quite as c… |
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The building, at 1706 18th St NW in Washington, DC, is an annex to the Embassy … |
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Post #AiVREQ1BVgYmLkuN4i by [email protected] |
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@profdc9 I'm not sure what you mean here. But I discuss shift movements in … |
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Post #AiVRLujtgi1henOdBg by [email protected] |
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@mattblaze Matt, this was your best photo-geek thread yet, but I can’t help t… |
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Post #AiVRLuoVPZiFt5YJN2 by [email protected] |
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@20002ist I think they have their hands full right now, but it would definitely… |
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@profdc9 The Scheimpflug principle has nothing to do with shift. It's used … |
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@mattblaze - I've only seen the lenses used for this - but I've done th… |
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Post #AiVYG4BMMjZIsxOsrY by [email protected] |
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@mdwray Swing and tilt movements, also found on view cameras, are used to solve… |
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Post #AiVZnOe5P8AJrUIH9U by [email protected] |
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@mattblaze Do you have a photo of a shift lens? |
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Post #AiVZnOiL9JZI4gHfma by [email protected] |
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@north_easton I should have included that.Here's a thread where I discuss t… |
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Post #AiWM6lw3pgxTOc0R60 by [email protected] |
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@SteveBellovin @20002ist To be safe, I'll stay away from the Waterloo Bridg… |
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Post #AiWMr2OEzHcBkXFRCK by [email protected] |
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Addendum: If you're interested in "formal" photo composition, esp… |
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Post #AilDxwdcmonZim3rlY by [email protected] |
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@mattblaze have you (or anyone here) tried shift adapters? Way less expensive t… |
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@brooklyn11211 The reason shifting lenses are so expensive (compared with an eq… |
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@brooklyn11211 You'll notice that most of those shift adapters take medium … |
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@mattblaze @cks As a tall person, I can assure you that there are also plenty o… |
