[Leica] Tilt-Shift Miniatures

[henningw at archiphoto.com (Henning Wulff)]

When I first saw the Sinar-p in 1970 I knew I had to get one. It was 
a bit out of reach at first, but it wasn't too long until I was fully 
in the Sinar system. You can use calculators to determine ultimate 
dof with appropriate circles of confusion very easily with the p, but 
the direct way of setting tilts and swings with that camera made all 
film plane/lens/object geometry clearly understandable and accessible 
in the least time possible. And it had a very practical and versatile 
dof scale which you could customize.

Other manufacturers later had similar or somewhat improved models, 
but the p was still a watershed product in making Scheimflug logical 
and easy.

Live view on full frame digitals is the first step in making tilts 
reasonably easy to use on 35mm sized cameras. Next step is to make an 
articulated rear screen.



At 12:14 PM -0500 8/11/10, George Lottermoser wrote:
>I agree 100% Bob.
>All the answers do seem to appear
>on the ground glass and on the film or sensors.
>(and in a much more useful form for the visually inclined)
>
>;~)
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>I'm not a table, calculator or test chart shooter either;
>as those things never tell ya how the photograph will "look."
>
>Regards,
>George Lottermoser
>george at imagist.com
>http://www.imagist.com
>http://www.imagist.com/blog
>http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist
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>On Aug 11, 2010, at 11:56 AM, Bob Adler wrote:
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>>  Dang George! If I could understand these calcs, I'd be an engineer!!!
>>  But thanks for the link. I think I'll just keep looking through 
>>the ground glass
>>  :-)
>>   Bob Adler
>>  Palo Alto, CA
>>  http://www.rgaphoto.com
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>>  ________________________________
>>  From: George Lottermoser <imagist3 at mac.com>
>>  To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
>>  Sent: Wed, August 11, 2010 8:21:01 AM
>>  Subject: Re: [Leica] Tilt-Shift Miniatures
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>>  <http://www.tawbaware.com/maxlyons/calc.htm>
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>>  Regards,
>>  George Lottermoser
>>  george at imagist.com
>>  http://www.imagist.com
>>  http://www.imagist.com/blog
>>  http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist
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>>  On Aug 11, 2010, at 10:10 AM, Bob Adler wrote:
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>>>  Am I correct in assuming that above and below the DOF lines in
>>>  the diagram (especially for close objects) can NEVER be put into focus?
>>
>>


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