Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/04/18

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Subject: [Leica] OT: Technical Question- Panning vs WA Lens
From: kcarney1 at cox.net (Ken Carney)
Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2011 19:25:17 -0500
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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.
>
>
>
>
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In reply to: Message from rgacpa at yahoo.com (Bob Adler) ([Leica] OT: Technical Question- Panning vs WA Lens)
Message from kcarney1 at cox.net (Ken Carney) ([Leica] OT: Technical Question- Panning vs WA Lens)
Message from red735i at earthlink.net (Red735i) ([Leica] OT: Technical Question- Panning vs WA Lens)