Rear Camera Movements

REAR SWING AND TILT
Expose AT LEAST 4 sheets of film and develop them before class on Tuesday

1) Find subjects with strong flat horizontal components that you can look down on-

2) Place the camera to frame the subject on a flat plane (table) (landscape)

3) Tilt the camera to compose the subject with no movements, focus on foreground object

4) Use your digital camera to shoot your subject from the same camera position, zoom to match the same framing.

5) check the digital image to see if the lighting, exposure and subject matter looks the way you want.

6) Meter the subject, use the Quick Disc to determine if you need to compensate for bellows extension.

7) Use the front standard in a tilt to sharpen the plane of focus - (you might have to use rise-fall to recompose) Expose the Film

8) Repeat this with a vertical subject that extends away from the camera (like a wall)

Use the Front Standard SWING for a similar effect as the tilt.

8) Develop, Proof, Print- develop your film , make proof sheet, make one fine print for display on the hallway wall.

How to use a View Camera

Calumet guide to camera movements (pdf)

Ebony Guide to rear camera movements

Camera Movements Pt 1
Pt 2 Studio work
Pt 3 Selective Focus
Pt 4 Architectural
Pt 5 Stitching
Pt 6 Shooting Video

Canon EOS Lens -
Tilt-Shift Lens Basics
VIDEO Tutorial

Rear Movements cnange the shape of the subject

Using Lens Tilt for extreme
"depth of field"

Extend the plane of focus without stopping the lens down.
Pointing the camera down with zero movement can compose your subject but focus can not extend from foreground to background even with lens stopped down.

Tilting the lens forward changes the plane of focus and can bring foreground and background into focus. When lens is tilted, the camera may need to be re-focused. This can be done with the aperture wide open - this is a change in the focud plane, not "depth of field"

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Using Lens Swing for extreme
"depth of field"

Extend the plane of focus without stopping the lens down.
Pointing the camera at an angle with zero movement can compose your subject but focus can not extend from foreground to background even with lens stopped down.

Swinging the lens changes the plane of focus and can bring foreground and background into focus. When lens is has been moved the camera may need to be re-focused. This can be done with the aperture wide open - this is a change in the focud plane, not "depth of field"

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The Scheimpflug Rule
infinite DOF

The Scheimpflug Rule

The gloriously named Scheimpflug Rule says that if the subject plane, the plane of the lens panel and the image plane all meet at a common line, everything in the subject plane will be in focus in the image plane.

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