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I just don't see how to get the perfect mechanical parallelism required to make it work. I feel much more comfortable leaving the camera physically in the same spot, and shifting the optics.
Dan
Dan/Andy (Dandy?;-),
Thanks for inspiring me with your exchange !!
I have several Bausch & Lomb stereo-map making mechanisms, which include various rack/pinion vertical/horizontal/fore-aft shifters, ...smooth, precise movements with mm scales, etc.
These are knob-twirlers dreams, with PLENTY of range for what is being discussed here. (Not something anyone would ever want to pay the original price for, that's for sure, but at university-surplus auction prices, they weren't too bad!)
Think I'll give some thought to their application possibilities re. this shift/opposite-shift idea.
In the absence of some fancy mechanicals, though, is the T/S lens (s) sturdy enough to be mounted in a fixed position(by whatever means) with the camera being supported off the back of the lens, and therefore with the CAMERA doing the actual shifting, while the lens is held still?
And if so, isn't this, practically speaking, the same thing that Andy is suggesting?
I won't be shocked to learn I'm missing something here, ...so comments are welcome
Larry[/font]