On Jan 24, 2011, at 4:22 PM, steve harley wrote: > On 2011-01-24 13:30 , Paul Stenquist wrote: >> Yes, it's true you can't bring objects into focus with PhotoShop – at least >> not to any great extent. But using tilt for DOF is really only a factor in >> large format photography, where DOF is extremely limited. With a 16 x 24 >> sensor, extensive DOF is easy to achieve.Tilt would be relatively useless in >> this case, except perhaps for macro > photograph. And even in that case, the entire camera can usually be tilted to > achieve matching focus. > > limited depth of field is a major issue for me in short-range (not macro), > shots; it's the main reason i'd even consider a tilt lens; tilting the camera > doesn't make nearly a big enough difference in focus distance in such shots > so i use the limitations as a creative foil -- forces me to think more about > perspective; however if i got to the point where i were patient enough to use > a tripod for such scenes, i could also see using a tilt-shift to work the > depth of field -- usually to increase it rather than to get the "toy scene" > effect > > and on the flip side creating an out-of-focus effect in Photoshop can require > extensive masking if you have scene where not everything is in the same plane > >> There's a reason why no one is producing new tilt/shift lenses for DSLR >> cameras. > > i guess the LensBaby fad doesn't count?
Of course it counts. And tilt/shift lenses count as well. They're all a lot of fun, and I'd enjoy playing with them. But they're fringe players in a digital world. Paul > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
