Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/04/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]This is from Not-George, but I've done this kind of stuff at various times.
One possible solution at this time is to use a scanning back such as
one of the Betterlight's. You have motion problems, and they have
bulk/cord issues, but stitching is avoided and you get exceptional
detail (and huge files). Otherwise, yes, film is still a good
solution. A problem with tilting, shifting and then stitching the
result is that the image size of the parts that you want to merge in
the shift is then usually at different magnifications.
At present the Canon with TSE lenses makes it easy. But it's no 8x10.
The best one shot digital solution right now is a technical camera
and a high-res MF back, but that is also the priciest.
As far as carrying things at altitude: When we went to the Himalayas,
I carried a Mamiya 6 with 3 lenses, a Horizon 150 (MF) and a couple
of Leicas with 5 lenses plus tripod etc and a ton of film.
We hiked up to 14750ft (4500m). The first day or two were tough, but
then things smoothed out and we went, as our guide used to say "a
little bit up, a little bit down". That meant down 1500-2000m into
the valley and then the same distance up again, over and over. The
sherpas carried the food and tents and stuff, but we carried all the
camera stuff myself plus some clothing. We were advised to practice
by finding a 20-30 storey building at home and practicing an hour or
two each day going up and down the stairs with a load. It still
doesn't really prepare you for altitude, though. The main thing for
the altitude preparation was to clim high during the day and go down
500m or so to sleep each evening. No one in our group got altitude
sickness. A couple of years later, in the Andes at comparable
altitudes I got altitude sickness and suffered a couple of days.
At 10:34 AM -0700 4/12/11, Richard Man wrote:
>So George, educate me a bit here please as I don't know the world of
>tilt-shift much except "in theory."
>
>So are you saying that the ideal solution, barring that it's not digital, is
>a large format camera shooting on film, with a wide angle lens?
>
>--
>// richard <http://www.imagecraft.com/>
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