Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/01/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Johnny, > okay, that is somewhat different from what I envisaged. if you were to > move the camera in a plane parallel to the plane of focus (or indeed > the film plane, which is the same in a 35mm camera) then the eye would > certainly still be in focus. Exactly. Thank you. > However most people when reframing do rotate the camera about an axis. Agreed, and that is why I specifically honed in on the specific word used on that web page...shift... > There is a third possibility when using a camera with shift capability, > of course, which is to shift the lens. This is always in a plane > parallel to the plane of focus (think about it!) so focus doesn't > change at all. In fact, by combining camera movement and shift, you can > keep the lens in the same place and 'shift' the back so the image > geometry remains identical. Hum. I'll step to the side ;-) Regards, Austin - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html