Frank,
Your English is fine.
Thanks for taking the time to make this clear to me.
Scott
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From: wijsmuller@xxxxxxxxx [mailto:wijsmuller@xxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Frank
Wijsmuller
Sent: Friday, February 16, 2007 11:04 AM
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [OM] Re: Not exactly sure what it is (my german isn't very good)
and it looks interesting
One of the reasons is the possibility of increased DOF by tilting camera and
lens relative to each other:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scheimpflug_principle
In short Scheimpflug says that if the lines through object, lens and film
(sensor ;-) plane intersect at one point, the object will be in focus (hope
my English is correct here)
In a C*n*n brochure they always illustrated this by a fence which appeared
completely sharp, but was not parallel with the film plane.
A bigger image circle might come in handy for the shift, maybe for the tilt
too.
Frank.
2007/2/16, Scott Peden <scotpeden@xxxxxxxxxx>:
>
>
> Sorry for the dumb question, but what is the purpose of a shift bellows? I
> think I have read all the links and all I got out of this was that it was
> hard to find a lens or attach your camera.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of Jeff Keller
> Sent: Friday, February 16, 2007 7:49 AM
> To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [OM] Re: Not exactly sure what it is (my german isn't very good)
> and it looks interesting
>
>
> Thanks Moose. That link pointed to some interesting tid-bits. The Hama
> is mentioned to be similar to the Spiratone SST. There are also a
> couple references to an Olympus tilt/shift bellows ... was the
> Olympus mentioned on the list as being a prototype/early model that
> saw very limited production?
>
> The quote below includes an owner of the SST saying "it's not that great".
>
> -jeff
>
> from http://oomz.net/mf/viewtopic.php?id=3495
>
> Seele wrote:
> helios wrote:
>
> Seele , I remember that 40 years ago , I saw by a photo retailer in
> germany a macro-bellows from WEP Anker, in exakta mount, with tilt
> and shift abilities. I'd never see anywhere this bellow,. I wonder if
> today somebody does own this very interesting accessory, which is
> probably usable at infinity with 80,90mm lens heads or enlarging
> lenses. I didn't find any trace of this on the net.
>
> There have been several bellows units allowing for movements; the
> Contax-Yashica was one, and perhaps the Olympus as well. If memory
> serves Spiratone offered one in the 70s.
>
> The ultimate would of course be the Kennedy KI Monobar, the only
> full-feature monorail camera ever built for 35mm format. One turned up
> on the market here in Australia, a full kit priced at A$3000 which is
> not unreasonable for a rarity like that.
>
> I have the Spiratone Bellows Master SST - perfectly willing to sell
> it, too. It's not that great, but it costs a lot.
>
> You can also use a LF camera with a reducing back to a T2 or M42 tube
> - then mount your 35mm on that and use LF lenses and all the movements
> that the LF camera in question might possess. Biggest problem might
> be infinity focus with the stock lens - fully collapsed bellows would
> still leave some room from the front to the rear of your attached 35mm
> camera. But lots of lenses out there, so lots of ways to go. I've
> seen a simple 4x5 slide-in back that was designed to fit into a
> standard graflok back and it merely had a T2 tube in the middle of it.
> That should work on any 4x5 universal back camera and give movements
> galore.
>
>
>
> On 2/15/07, Moose <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > NSURIT@xxxxxxx wrote:
> > > eBay # 320079918520.
> > HAMA shift/tilt bellows
> > <http://photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=00Cl14>.
> >
> > Moose
>
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