I really like Glen's idea of a shifting sensor.
I'm used to panorama shooting for adding resolution, and convergence
correction in Photoshop (decreasing the resolution with antialiasing
and croping, but that's another story...)
I would definitively put 400€ more on a camera that would have a
shifting sensor.
It's funny, because I was questioning myself on the same question as
you Glen, maybe at the same time!
I was more thinking about an integrated shifting mount on the body.
Look at what Zork does with its Shift adapter. http://www.zoerk.com/
pages/p_psa.htm.
The more I think about it, the more I prefer your idea.
Of course, as Jens said, it would need a kind of live video feedback
for the adjustments.
Anyway, this would be such a nice feature too !
Useful for correcting convergence in architectural or landscape work.
Useful for point-and-shoot, handheld in any position possible (you
don't need the Kama-sutra to imagine all those positions).
Look at the new Sony DSC-R1 camera, with an electronic flip-up and
twist LCD : isn't it elegant ?
I think that Sony provides the sensor for the ist-D SLRs, so adapting
Sony's new 10 megapixels, along with its new electronic viewfinder is
not an "exotic" idea.
Now let's start to dream for a minute : why not automate the shifting-
sensor ? It could be very fast (stabilising sensors ARE moving fast).
The multi-images could be stiched together automatically inside the
camera.
Imagine the extreme shifting possibilities when adapting a Pentax 645
FA-35mm on such a shifting-mount or shifting-sensor ! You would get a
31mm super sharp lens giving you at least a 40 megapixels multi-
shifted image.
Now it's 6PM, time for me to go out with my Pentax LX, shooting some
pictures with that good old mechanical system...
François
(new on PDML, and glad to join you)
Le 23 sept. 05 à 17:08, Mark Roberts a écrit :
"Jens Bladt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I don't really thinks so.
<snip>
OK, how about sensors that *tilt*, for DOF control like you get with a
view camera?
...and, no, I'm not serious.
;-)
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Mark Roberts
Photography and writing
www.robertstech.com
