Re: Tilt lens for panoramic

[Willem-Jan Markerink <w.j.markerink@xxxxx>]

On 26 Sep 98 at 5:25, Alan Zinn wrote:

> 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.

Does this work on swing-lens pan cameras as well?
Does one need as much 'wedge' as is needed for the degree of tilt, or 
is the optical formula more complex?
(respective refraction indexes of lens and wedge?)

 

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