Wrong wrong wrong. Good wide angles (and there are MANY more good wide angle LF lenses than 35mm lenses due to no need for retrofocus) do not do "wonky things". If the final result is a flat print, you are going to get less distortion if you use a flat film/sensor than if you pan.... JCO
-----Original Message----- From: Gonz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2004 11:51 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Large Format vs. Digital/Stitching My point exactly. Thank you Mr. Robb for putting it in words better than I. rg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "J. C. O'Connell" > Subject: RE: Large Format vs. Digital/Stitching > > > >>Are you shooting moderate apertures and >>near subjects? Infinity subjects and small apertures >>will hide the curved field issue... > > > Bingo. > John finally gets it. > The nice thing is, because the format is so small, infinity happens a > lot sooner. And one more thing, what one is doing, in reality, is > trading one form of distortion for another. > Haven't you ever seen how wonky things go with a really wide angle > lens? > Its quite likely that the stitched shot will have less apparent > distortion than one shot with a single exposure on a super wide lens. > > William Robb > >
