Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/06/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]One of the reasons I liked my old Durst M601 was that the head swiveled, and the lens platform at the bottom of the barrel had what amounted to a shift and tilt.... by putting the film plane, the lens plane, and the plane of the easel where they converged at a common point, you got to use the "Scheimflug Effect", which is normally a Large format camera tactic, on a smaller negative! Since it is useful for keeping the whole image in focus at a relatively large aperture, it also corrects the exposure since you don't have to dodge the side of the image closest to the lens! I still have the photo of a old sign shot with a 'blad in very tight quarters- and I straightenend the sides of the sign- like using a shift swing on a view camera--- before 'blad had a Flexbody! Dan - ----- Original Message ----- From: Guy Bennett <gbennett@club-internet.fr> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Sunday, June 27, 1999 5:15 AM Subject: Re: [Leica] wide-angle lenses > >I remember from my darkroom days (always hated being in > >there) you could tilt the enlarging easel to correct the convergence. > >DT > > dt, > > what a great idea! i'll definitely give it a try. > > guy