No I do not need a Palm with software etc, and in practice I try to eye ball the amount of tilt, also inpractice I usually need no or just a bit of tilt (per advice also from a experienced LF photgrapher). OTOH in the past I played around with some extreme tilt, and it took a lot of time to get that one straight, so I tried the Palm plus software and I was surprised how quick I reached a good tilt, so I guess there are situations were it can be very usefull and quick.. Best, Cor > -----Original Message----- > From: pure-silver-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:pure-silver- > bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Frank Filippone > Sent: donderdag 29 november 2007 15:45 > To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [pure-silver] Re: Large Format Tilt > > Why? Why not just look at the GG and decide for yourself if it is in > focus > or not? > > I realize all these tools are helpful to some % of the market, and > interesting math and programming programs in their own right.... But do > you > really NEED them? DO you NEED your Palm if you are in a beautiful place, > alone, and peaceful? > > Get out and smell the roses.....That's my motto.... > > Frank Filippone > red735i@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > I have been playing with Bob Wheeler's VadeMecum > (http://www.bobwheeler.com/photo/Software/software.html), which is a set > of usefull programs for the (LF) photographer which runs oa on a Palm > device. > > Anyway the program I like the most is called Tiltb, this program helps > you to find the amount of tilt (in degrees or top movement) needed to > get something in front of (A), and something at the back (B) higher up > in focus.It is based (not novel) on measuring, by back focusing the > difference between A and B on the rail, and the difference between A and > B on the groundglass. Both distances and the distance from the camera to > the tilted plane are fed into the TiltB program, which gives you the > degree tilt or the amount of topmovement of the front standard. > > Since I use mainly an old Linhof Technika III in the field, I cannot use > back focus (it hasn't), but I assume I can use front focus for that, > right? > > A more difficult part is how to measure the amount of top movement. A > Tech III has no front tilt, only back tilt. A way around this is to do > back tilt, and drop the bed (making front and back parralel again, and a > front raise. So now the back tilt is turned into a front tilt. > > I now measure the amount of top movement by measuring from the back > panel (actually box), somehow I have the feeling that this is not > entirely correct. > > OTOH I did some testing of this procedure in my living room, and the > resulting tilted plane nicely brought the desired subjects in focus, > have to print the negatives yet though, > > Best, > > Cor > ====================================To unsubscribe from this list, go to > www.freelists.org and logon to your account (the same e-mail address and > password you set-up when you subscribed,) and unsubscribe from there. > > > ======================================================================== == > =================================== > To unsubscribe from this list, go to www.freelists.org and logon to your > account (the same e-mail address and password you set-up when you > subscribed,) and unsubscribe from there. ============================================================================================================To unsubscribe from this list, go to www.freelists.org and logon to your account (the same e-mail address and password you set-up when you subscribed,) and unsubscribe from there.