A tilted Easter Lilly

[elf]

This is a 39 image stack with Zerene Stacker. I used tilts and swings but the only effect on the image was probably a few less images were needed.

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Mamiya 645 80mm f1.9 at f/8

Here's a shot of the full flower. This is a single image where the tilts and swings do make a big difference. It's a little too large to post here, but will give you an idea about the depth of field in the macro shot. The flower is approximately 5 inches wide.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v649/ ... 292pss.jpg

[Planapo]

Nice image, elf, and an interesting technique.

I know almost nothing about Scheimpfluging, so maybe a silly question :
But does tilting and shifting (or you say swinging, is that something different?) the lens cause a noticeable loss in image quality compared to recording when the lens is pointing straight towards the subject?

--Betty

[elf]

Nice image, elf, and an interesting technique.

I know almost nothing about Scheimpfluging, so maybe a silly question :
But does tilting and shifting (or you say swinging, is that something different?) the lens cause a noticeable loss in image quality compared to recording when the lens is pointing straight towards the subject?

--Betty

Tilts are rotating the lens vertically, swings are rotating horizontally, and shifts are moving left or right. They are called front movements when applied to the lens and back movements when applied to the camera (or film/sensor plane)

Image quality when using movements is highly dependent on the lens. I don't think you can make a blanket statement about the IQ. However, I'd say most lens will not be at their best when using the outer edges of the image circle. My Mamiya 645 80mm lens shows quite a bit of CA when tilted or shifted to maximum (and in macro range), but the image circle is almost 16 times larger than the 4/3rds sensor or 120 megapixels vs 7.5 megapixels. The El-Nikkor 50mm 2.8 doesn't show as much CA, but it does have it. I don't think movements affect the resolution very much except at the extreme edges. I still learning how to use movements so don't have very many examples yet.

[kds315*]

Congrats to your nice results!!

Well, I use stacking OR Scheimpflug. Until now I was able to control the DOF area so as to solve my needs in just one shot.

I compared the results for instance for a 45 degree shot to a horizontal flower head and an otherwise needed 10-20 image stack could be replaced with just one shot using a Tilt/Shift bellows and a sharp lens (in my case a Componon-S 100mm, which has a large image circle). The degrading was not much I noticed, but I used an APS size camera (Olympus E-510) with live preview. Works very nicely when using Scheimpflug.