Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/04/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I have coveted one of the circuit cameras for platinum/palladium contact prints. Maybe if I ever retire...and Ilford still makes the film... Ken On 4/18/2011 6:58 PM, Red735i wrote: > Ken's images are good examples of what happens when you pan..... > The nearby mountain is about square to the camera orientation. You can see > the panning "distortion" in the way the mountain goes higher towards the > center of the frame and then back down again on the other side.... > > If you look at Circuit shots ( panorama from a swinging lens) of the fronts > of buildings, they actually appear to curve in front of you..... > > Frank Filippone > Red735i at earthlink.net > > > Perhaps these images will help. Here is a pan image made with a 25mm Zeiss > Distagon lens on a Contax 35mm body, Ektachrome VS. It was mounted > vertically on a Kiwi pan head, adjusted so the lens rotated around its > nodal > point. > http://www.kencarney.com/index.htm > > Here is am image taken from the same spot with the same lens, but in > landscape position and just a single frame. > http://www.kencarney.com/Skies/00320091121.html > > So my guess is no, the 80mm stitched image will not have the same > perspective as the 40mm, i.e., it will not have the "wide angle" look I > like. I don't take many panoramas (those are really big prints), but I > have > also used landscape orientation on a regular leveling tripod head and > stitched with Photoshop merge function, which seems to work fine. > Personally I would stick with the 40mm and perhaps a panorama made with > that > lens. Hope this is responsive. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >