[LRFlex] Re: shift lenses
- From: Noel Yates <noel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2004 10:10:25 +0100
>>At 05:06 27/07/2004, Xavier wrote:
>>Reading a book about digital Photo technique, I've seen that Photo shop
has
>>a menu for persepective control. So, are those lens really useful?
Yes Photoshop can correct verticals and horizontals but inserts pixels to
get the image back to a rectangle (or square).
Shift lenses can be used for panoramics as well: full shift left for the
first image, full shift right for a second then stitch together in
Photoshop. At a pinch you could also turn your Leica M into a shift camera
with a PA-Curtagon/PC-Super-Angulon/Arsat and a Novoflex R lens to M body
adaptor. Shift lenses are also high-performing wide-angles when not shifted
because you only use the centre of their larger-than-normal image circle.
I am biased because for me the 35mm focal length is easily the most useful
so I have 35 Elmarit for lightness when out and about, a 35 Summicron (the
old heavy version) for when the light is low, 35 PA-Curtagon (not just
for its shifting, it's also light in weight) and the pre-ASPH 35 Summilux-M.
Noel
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