Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/04/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I think Marc Muench uses a Canon 17 tilt/shift and liveview to get most everything said here, but since I am not a Canon shooter, I wasn't listening too carefully so I may have missed something. If it works though, you do have a system that is much smaller than a large format and with 20+ MP.... I must be missing though, come to think of it, as Bob does have the Canon and the tilt-shift. On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 10:57 AM, George Lottermoser <imagist3 at mac.com>wrote: > > On Apr 11, 2011, at 8:29 AM, Bob Adler wrote: > > > Anyone think of another way? > > This is the ongoing problem when attempting to do > essentially "large format" work > with digital backs (and or cameras). > > The most elegant solution is to use a view camera > with the proper focal length lens and one of the sliding backs. > (adding enormous weight, size and cost to the deal) > > You can essentially then frame, tilt shift and focus the shot; > then slide the back along the "film" plane > to grab the sections. > > Every other approach brings varying degrees of PIA. > > Regards, > George Lottermoser > george at imagist.com > http://www.imagist.com > http://www.imagist.com/blog > http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- // richard <http://www.imagecraft.com/> // icc blog: <http://imagecraft.com/blog/> // photo blog: <http://www.5pmlight.com> [ For technical support on ImageCraft products, please include all previous replies in your msgs. ]