RE: Tilt lens for panoramic

[Kurt Mottweiler <pinhole@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Harold,
  That's an application for a shift rather than a tilt of the lens.

Kurt


> 
> I know in the past, people have talked about using tilt lenses 
> for landscape
> panoramic photography. This week, I rented a Canon TS 45mm lens to play
> around with and found it not what I expected. My original impression
> was, if I place my camera perfectly parallel to the earth, I can tilt
> the lens down to take out some of the sky and bring in more of the
> landscape. While the image in the viewfinder is what I expected, I
> noticed a "curving into position" of the landscape as I swing the
> camera. Since I shoot multiple frames and stitch them together later,
> this "curving into position" or distortion is not going to work. How
> have others used tilt lens in the past? Thanks.
> 
> Harold
>