My 5c worth
I can remember seeing an article showing how to focus a LF monorail camera. By
moving both the back & front they were able to create a picture of somebody,
with only their right breast in focus.
FWIW for those interested
http://www.toyoview.com/LargeFrmtTech/lgformat.html
has an explanation of some movements
David
Chuck Norcutt wrote:
> Moose wrote:
>
>>I've never known all that much about view camera movements. I 've read
>>the descriptions, but without practical experience, it doesn't stick.
>>
>>Are the movements on this Horseman "view camera converter" really
>>sufficient for replace a view camera? I can see it replacing a field
>>camera, but a full view camera has film plane movements as well. Are
>>those really important, or not nearly as much so as the front standard
>>movements?
>
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> Up until now I've had nothin' but book larnin' but do have access to a
> 4x5 view camera. Guess I should start using it once in awhile to gain
> some actual experience. Improving DOF as we were discussing can be done
> from front or rear. Doing it from the front does not change the shape
> of the image. Doing it from the rear does change the shape since the
> image size is based on distance of the film plane from the center of the
> lens. One can, of course, do both at the same time with either tilts or
> swings. Don't ask me much more.
>
> Chuck Norcutt
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