SLT or Mirrorless and Tilt effect

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SLT or Mirrorless and Tilt effect

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I didn't know where exactly to point this question, so decided to put it here as it is related more to SLT/Mirrorless than anything else.

Since SLT/Mirrorless have peeking ability and WYSIWYG, then using a Tilt-shift lens would give you an immediate result in your EVF/LCD (what a dumb question :roll: )... But what is actually happening with a T-S lens? (no need to explain)...

What I am getting at, is it possible to have a tilt effect with the sensor (shift is not possible, I guess)? That is, what if we could control a slight angle deviation of the sensor from its initial plane, regarding the optical axis. And you could obviously visualize it in your EVF. :roll:

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I would imagine Doc that tilting the sensor would just make part of the image oof, maybe even all of it, the uncorrected perspective coming from a lens would remain as it was except now it would be oof as well. (that's my guess)
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Dr. Harout wrote:Since SLT/Mirrorless have peeking ability and WYSIWYG, then using a Tilt-shift lens would give you an immediate result in your EVF/LCD (what a dumb question :roll: )... But what is actually happening with a T-S lens? (no need to explain)...
Yes. You can see the effect and the peeking will show you exactly where the sharpest area is -well, exactly... there is some depth of field involved...
Dr. Harout wrote:What I am getting at, is it possible to have a tilt effect with the sensor (shift is not possible, I guess)? That is, what if we could control a slight angle deviation of the sensor from its initial plane, regarding the optical axis. And you could obviously visualize it in your EVF. :roll:
I believe you don't have enough room (or, phrase it in a different way, you'll need much more room) in order to tilt/shift the sensor in a fashion that you get the effect -and not just a "misaligned sensor" image.
Keep in mind that on a field camera you can pivot front (lens) and back (film) in order to get the miniature effect, or the straight lines everybody dreams about.
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Re: SLT or Mirrorless and Tilt effect

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Doc, yes, it would work. Same effect as tilting the lens except that it doesn't require the lens to have an extended view-angle.

Greg, you tilt the lens or back (sensor) to compensate for tilted subjects ie tall buildings and such.
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As Pako says - tilting the film plane was how this effect started on Large format etc. DK has a great article about this in the latest issue of CameraCraft. (Perhaps this is what started you thinking, Doc?)

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Re: SLT or Mirrorless and Tilt effect

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Dr. Harout wrote: What I am getting at, is it possible to have a tilt effect with the sensor (shift is not possible, I guess)? That is, what if we could control a slight angle deviation of the sensor from its initial plane, regarding the optical axis. And you could obviously visualize it in your EVF. :roll:
don't Pentax already have something like this (that's how their astro-tracker works)?
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Doc,

Tilting or shifting the sensor would be the same thing as doing it to the back of a view camera.

Find some old articles on view cameras and look at all the illustrations on how that effects the final photo. It's really just the same thing with a sensor, except that your tile is digital and not physical (or as good)! STILL can't beat a good view camera!

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I still don’t think it would be a marvelous plan, a view camera doesn’t have an SLT mirror in between the lens and the film/sensor. (it would be interesting to find out though)
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