Den 24. jan. 2011 kl. 21.30 skrev Paul Stenquist:

> On Jan 24, 2011, at 3:00 PM, steve harley wrote:
> 
>> On 2011-01-23 15:51 , Paul Stenquist wrote:
>>> PhotoShop controls do the same thing the shift and tilt lenses do -- they 
>>> rearrange reality.
>> 
>> that's the "same thing" in the sense that bird eggs and kangaroo pouches are 
>> the same thing; i'm not a purist nor very interested in tilt/shift, but i do 
>> know Photoshop can't vary the focus distance according to position on the 
>> sensor, it can simulate out-of-focus, but it can't _simulate_ in-focus
> 
> No. The two technologies aren't as disparate as a kangaroo pouch and an egg. 
> A better analogy would be driving two different routes -- one scenic and one 
> fast -- to get to the same place. Or traveling to the same place by car 
> rather than bicycle -- one being more pure, the other more efficient. 
> 
> Yes, it's true you can't bring objects into focus with PhotoShop – at least 
> not to any great extent. But using tilt for DOF is really only a factor in 
> large format photography, where DOF is extremely limited. With a 16 x 24 
> sensor, extensive DOF is easy to achieve. Tilt would be relatively useless in 
> this case, except perhaps for macro photograph. And even in that case, the 
> entire camera can usually be tilted to achieve matching focus. 
> 
> There's a reason why no one is producing new tilt/shift lenses for DSLR 
> cameras. 
> 
> Paul

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