JCO, It is a waste of time trying to converse with an idiot like you. I will not bother.
G On Oct 14, 2006, at 2:13 AM, J. C. O'Connell wrote: > You clueless. First of all there are EXTERIORS > As well as interiors where you are going to > Need more "rise" than the shift lenses for medium > Format and 35mm are going to be able to offer. > > Secondly you are very limited on focal lengths > With medium format and 35mm shift/tilt lenses. > > Lastly I said SERIOUS architectural photography, > Which means being able to do exactly what the > Customer wants, not something close ( or far from it). > > View camera RULE when it comes to architechure, problably > More than any other genre of photography as a matter of fact > Due to the much more flexible geometry of the camera itself. > jco > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of > Godfrey DiGiorgi > Sent: Friday, October 13, 2006 6:59 PM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: Pentax DSLR - some questions before I decide Inet > > On Oct 13, 2006, at 8:11 PM, Inet Shopper wrote: >>> 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 > > JCO: > > This is nonsense. Many many many architectural interior photographs > are made with Hasselblad SWC cameras and other wide-field cameras > that do not have tilts and shifts. I would wager that the majority of > architectural shots sold to magazines are not made with view cameras, > and haven't been for years. Particularly interior work. > > This is not to say that cameras with shift and tilt are not > advantageous for architectural work. They are. But unless you are > doing this kind of work as a speciality and need control on that > order, yes, you need a good view camera. But I've had a couple of > commissions done with the Pentax DS and DA14mm lens that is fully > accepted as interior architectural work. > >> I thought tilt/shift lenses were designed to perform perspective >> correction? ... > > Tilt/shift lenses allow a limited amount of correction for this kind > of work. Unfortunately, most of them are a little too long in focal > length to be particularly useful for architectural work on a 16x24mm > sensor camera. You're better off using a wide field lens with minimal > rectilinear distortion (like the DA14) and using image processing > software to do any keystone corrections required. > >> 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. > > For the kind of travel work I see on this page (some of it quite > nice...), the 16-45 will likely do quite well. The 18-55 would > probably do ok too. > > My travel kit this year is a DA21, FA35 and FA77. Compact, light, and > a nice range with good speed. I often include the DA14 as well, but > was a little challenged for space on this trip. > > Godfrey > > -- > 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 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
