Re: Tilt lens for panoramic

[Alan Zinn <azinn@xxxxxxxxxx>]

At 09:46 AM 9/25/1998 -0700, you wrote:
>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
>
harold,
When you say "tilt" don't you mean "shift"?  you move the lens up and down
parallel to the picture plane no?  If you want a simple "tilt" that works on
any lens buy a wedge prism from Edmunds Scientific.  I have one in a
cardboard "universal" ,rubberbands and foam, mount that I slip over the
front of an SLR lens. it gives the effect of looking up or down while the
camera remains level to the horizon.

AZ
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