On 9 Mar 2005 at 11:42, Bob Blakely wrote: > Ok, Robby boy, we have a building with an intricate antenna structure atop the > mechanical penthouse near my house. Using some of my favorite B&W, I'll shoot > it > vertical frame with the shift at max extension, vertical film plane (proper > correction), and with the camera placed such that the antenna structure is at > the very top of the frame. I'll then set the lens for zero correction and tilt > the camera up to get, as best as possible, the same view. I'll then have the > local pro shop process and digitize the images (from my experience, this will > be > about a 30 mb raw file). After correcting the distorted image in PhotoShop. > I'll crop to the antenna structure. Perhaps, you're right and I'll see little > if > any difference in the rendering of the structure's intricate vertical > elements. > Ya think?
It would be an interesting venture, however if I were that concerned with detail I'd probably have shot it with my MF gear (non-PC) lens and then cropped it out of the big frame (after scanning it at 4000DPI of course) :-) For every day images I find the convenience and quality of the digital process to be acceptable. I can apply the process to an image shot with any lens I own and I can produce *ist D based prints up to 30x45cm with very acceptable corner detail. I'll happily send you a perspective corrected *ist D based print if you have doubts. Cheers, Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998