Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/06/16

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Dream...
From: Bernard <5521.g23@g23.relcom.ru>
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 1999 10:47:14 +0400

Harrison McClary wrote:

> >The shift you can get with a
> >85mm would be very limited at a practical distance, wouldn't it. I'm
> >just not sure what to think, so please enlighten me, if you will.
>
> One thing you can do with a tilt/shift 85 or 90 is to select the plane
> of
> focus as you would in a view camera.  I have a very good friend who
> does
> a lot of entertainment portraits and got the Canon 90 TSE lens for
> this
> efect.  He can get just one eye in focus if he so chooses...not the
> same
> effect as using depth of field to do this...something about using the
> tilt/shift gives a very unique look.   Very cool feature and look.

That's the tilt part, yes. That's sounds useful. I have more difficulty
understanding the use of the shift function in 85mm lenses. Too bad I
don't know anyone who has one, so I could try and play with it.

Bernard