You can accomplish better perspective correctin in PhotoShop than you can with the limited 35mm or MF shift lenses. In fact, you can control perspective quite nicely using the various controls available in Photoshop's "Transform" and "Free Transform." Of course you can't come close to the resolution of the large format cameras, but with the right lensing and a bit of PS experience, you can equal the perspective control capabilities of the view camera. Paul -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: "J. C. O'Connell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Yes, you can do LIMITED tilting and shifting > With these speciality lenses but view cameras > Allow much more shift/tilt/swings and with essentially > All lenses you mount on the cameras (provided > They have enough coverage, that's up to the buyer ). > Never heard of the Zovod lenses, are they any good? > jco > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Inet Shopper > Sent: Friday, October 13, 2006 3:11 PM > To: pdml@pdml.net > Subject: Re: Pentax DSLR - some questions before I decide Inet > > > Sorry guys but you really cant do serious > > Architechure with any pentax cameras or > > Lenses because you need full camera movements > > That only a view camera can provide for architecture. > > Its amazing what you can do with a view for that. > > jco > > I thought tilt/shift lenses were designed to perform perspective > correction? > According to this page: > > http://www.ohse.de/uwe/articles/shift-tilt.html > > for Pentax K-mount cameras, there are shift and tilt/shift lenses > available > from: > > Pentax(!): SMC A 28mm f3.5 shift > Schneider-Kreuznach: 28mm f2.8 shift, 35mm f4 shift (M42) > Zavod Arsenal: 35mm f2.8 shift and tilt/shift, 80mm f2.8 tilt/shift > > Also, at: > > http://www.rugift.com/photocameras/pentax_cameras_lenses.htm > > There are 2 Russian lenses of interest - a 35mm f2.8 tilt/shift, and an > 80mm > f2.8 tilt/shift. > > So it seems all is not lost for Pentax users. The Zavod Arsenal and > Russian > lenses at least offer tilt/shift which should correct fully for > perspective, at > least within their design limits. > > Disclaimer: I have never used a view camera, so there may indeed be > adjustments > possible with a view camera, that cannot be similarly achieved with a > tilt/shift lens on an SLR. I will be happy to be corrected. > > But anyway I guess I don't qualify as a "serious" architecture > photographer... > I'm not too concerned about perspective correction - I usually just try > to hold > the camera level, and I sometimes use the perspective distortion for > dramatic > shots. I'm more concerned about wavy/barrel distortion. > > > In fact, all the "wide-to-normal" or "wide-to-small tele" zoom lenses > that I > > know show too much distortion for "serious" architecture photography. > That is > > also the case with the 16-45, judging from the photos I have seen and > user > > reports. But I also think that many zooms lenses are useful for that > > kind of photography if the photographer understands their limitations > > and can live with them, or is prepared to correct the shots in post > > processing. > > > Carlos > > Thanks for the inputs. Most of my picture-taking is done while > travelling, so a > zoom is definitely more convenient than a bagful of lenses. As for > architecture, here are some examples of "architecture" that I > photograph: > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ > > If the link works, you can see that I don't shoot brick walls ;-) so if > the > wavy/barrel distortion is not too obvious, I'm OK. Normally, the > limiting > factor is me, not the equipment. And if the final budget dictates either > the > 16-45 alone, or the kit 18-55 plus one (used) fast lens, then I'm going > with > the latter. > > Benjamin > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
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