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Does anyone do tilt shift photography?
http://jalopnik.com/5226602/turning-cars-into-toys-tilt+shift-photography-magic
Here's an example for those who don't know what it is. I mean, I hear architectual photographers use tilt shift to also get the perspective correct.
What's really happening physics wise in the lens?
Thanks.
That's amazing! I've always wanted a PC lens and I'd would like to know how it works, too.
No lens can actually change the perspective. It is solely dependent on the camera distance from an object and is always the same no matter the lens you are using, wide, telephoto or PC. Perspective Control is somewhat inaccurate name.
You can however control convergence by keeping film or sensor plane parallel to the object and shifting the lens, or you can control plane of focus by tilting the lens. That is something easily done with cameras with bellows (old and more than hundred years old large view camera design has that ability and much better too). But you can not influence lens distortions with this technique, it is optical characteristic of the lens design.
These features are not only used (and where not designed) for architectural photography but virtually everywhere, landscape, product advertisement, car shots as you can sea in the example you are mentioning etc.
Too bad the TS lenses from Nikon only work with the D3...
No they don’t, if you are referring to PC Nikon lenses. They work with any Nikon camera in manual mode, and on professional Nikon DSLR like D300, D700, D3 and D3X everything is working. The only problem you might have is that the lens movement will be obstructed by the camera built-in flash.
Shouldn't they work with all Nikon cameras, as I remember they don't have autofocus?
Yes they are, manual focus I mean, and monty11 is right about aperture, but how can not be manual focus is you think about it?
By the way has anyone tried them on D40 or D60? I do not think they can be shifted all the way and not touching the hand grip.
Even better- Tilt Shift Videos!
http://gizmodo.com/5231872/puny-humans-return-in-tilt+shift-video
I think some of this was shot with tilt shift lenses too.
Never mind the fact that it was shot with a Canon camera. It's just amazing.
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