Swing Tilt

TILT- SWING
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

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

View Camera Movements -Swing Tilt

Swing - Tilt: Controlling Focus and Depth of Field
A lens can only focus sharply on one plane at a time. When a view camera is set up with both front and rear standards in their normal or zero positions, for example, the plane of sharp focus is a plane in space that is exactly parallel to them.

Tilting and/or swinging the plane of the lens repositions the plane of sharp focus within a scene—the shape of the subject does not change.

Any angular movement of the back standard also alters the shape of the subject.

Tilt can be used to extend the plane of focus on the horizontal plane extending from close-up to far-away in front of the camera - examples are table-top arrangements or landscapes.

Swing is similar to tilt but on a vertical subject extending away from the camera. This could be looking down a city street or along a wall.

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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.

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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