You cannot see the final composition before shooting with the pan and stitch technique. You CAN with a conventional camera technique. That is unequivably better feature. PERIOD. Why use an SLR if you do care about WSIWYG???? JCO
-----Original Message----- From: William Robb [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2004 3:35 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Large Format vs. Digital/Stitching ----- Original Message ----- From: "J. C. O'Connell" Subject: RE: Large Format vs. Digital/Stitching > He cant compose, he cant do fleeting moments, he cant > do selective focus, he cant do forground background > in focus because you need tilt for that,etc. etc. > He is only shooting the tip of the iceberg so to speak. > With very limited techniques you end up with very limited vision. Its > better than nothing, but I do not buy into your BS that you don't need > any of the above if you are on the west coast. That's just not > credible. He did, however, come to the conclusion that for his shooting, digital stitching was a preferable method to using a view camera. Witness the fact that he is putting the stuff up for sale. BTW, saying a person can't compose a picture using digital image combining is total bullshit, and I am surprised that even you would come up with a statement that is so utterly stupid. If the technique doesn't work for you, thats fine. But why should someone else limit their approach to your lowest common denominator? William Robb
