H3D50 + HTS + 28MM + Stitch

[David Grover / Capture One]

Hi All,

I was in a nice location today so did a quick and dirty stitch test.

H3D50 with the HTS + 28mm and zero'd movements, you get this...



Full top and bottom shift and stitched in Photomerge....



Full left to right and stitched again.  A little bit beyond the limit as you can see from the vignette.



Probably some stitch errors but didn't look carefully to correct!  Also did a five-way for fun with a 45° rotation and full shift to 'fill in the corners'.  Will upload that when I am more awake!

Also played around with negative tilt to knock out depth of field.  Creating a nice effect which some will and some not like.

Best,



David

[David Grover / Capture One]

...for the curious a shot with the 28 only...



...and with -10° of tilt and a full open aperture.  (All other captures were at f16).

[David Grover / Capture One]

....and last but not least a very quick 7 image stitch based on quick JPEG exports.  And now I really must go to bed, or Ill be playing around with this forever.

[Professional]

Nice shots tests.

I hope to get this lens [and maybe TS] as soon as possible.

[Robert Moore]

Hi All,

I was in a nice location today so did a quick and dirty stitch test.


David

OK dont keep us in suspense....where and when....beautiful location but I assume not the local
Days Inn Hotel.

Bob

[AlexM]

Thanks for sharing the photos!

[MarkKay]

I got my 1.5 HTS but my camera is getting repaired... so i cannot wait to get it back to give it a spin

[David Grover / Capture One]

OK dont keep us in suspense....where and when....beautiful location but I assume not the local
Days Inn Hotel.

Bob

Fazeley Studios in Birmingham....

http://modx-fazeley.spring-php.com/

[amsp]

I really hope Phamiya is working on their own HTS because this sure would be useful..  

[David Grover / Capture One]

I really hope Phamiya is working on their own HTS because this sure would be useful..  

I would be extremely suprised if they were.

[Leonardo Barreto]

$5k for half a an inch of movement with vignetting?

[Professional]

$5k for half a an inch of movement with vignetting?

First i was so interested about that HTS and i don't know about the price, when i checked on the net about the price i shocked, i think i will ignore it until i can have at least $20k in my pocket.

[David Grover / Capture One]

$5k for half a an inch of movement with vignetting?

It is half the height of the sensor. (18mm).

Not an insignificant amount of movement for any shift device these days.

[Nick_T]

$5k for half a an inch of movement with vignetting?

Leonardo what do you shoot? Have you any idea how useful this piece of kit is?

Nick-T

[adammork]

Leonardo what do you shoot? Have you any idea how useful this piece of kit is?

Nick-T

for architecture, as this example looks like, not that useful - when you put the straight 28 mm shoot over the stitched image, you reward for the work of stitching 7 images is to my eyes, the same
images combined with some nice dark corners.

If goal is to kill time, then making 7 images and thereafter stitch them, is of course way more efficient than just do one shoot    - in this perspective my Rodenstock 23 mm seems as a bargain......

other subjects than architecture, it's probably more useful.

very best
Adam

[Leonardo Barreto]

Adam, thank you for answering for me, it is exactly what I think, probably the effort -and money- is better spent on non-retro focus lenses with wide coverage...

for architecture, as this example looks like, not that useful - when you put the straight 28 mm shoot over the stitched image, you reward for the work of stitching 7 images is to my eyes, the same
images combined with some nice dark corners.

If goal is to kill time, then making 7 images and thereafter stitch them, is of course way more efficient than just do one shoot    - in this perspective my Rodenstock 23 mm seems as a bargain......

other subjects than architecture, it's probably more useful.

very best
Adam

[Streetshooter]

Adam, thank you for answering for me, it is exactly what I think, probably the effort -and money- is better spent on non-retro focus lenses with wide coverage...

I think exactly the same. For the same money you'd get a really nice large format outfit and get better results for most subjects. But particularly for architecture.

Pete

[cjmonty]

Really nice to see you throw out what it can do- great and really helpful.
I cant help but notice that the straight 28mm shot aint too shabby.

Any Lens Cast issues?

[David Grover / Capture One]

for architecture, as this example looks like, not that useful - when you put the straight 28 mm shoot over the stitched image, you reward for the work of stitching 7 images is to my eyes, the same
images combined with some nice dark corners.

If goal is to kill time, then making 7 images and thereafter stitch them, is of course way more efficient than just do one shoot    - in this perspective my Rodenstock 23 mm seems as a bargain......

other subjects than architecture, it's probably more useful.

very best
Adam

You are exactly right.  There IS no point to the 7 image stitch as it gives you much the same coverage as the 28mm by itself.

What you have to remember though is that the 28mm by itself would not have the useful action of shifting within an architectural scenario, to maintain correct perspective. (Avoiding falling down building syndrome).

The point of the 7 way stitch was to show to the extent which you could move the lens.

Best,


David

[David Grover / Capture One]

I think exactly the same. For the same money you'd get a really nice large format outfit and get better results for most subjects. But particularly for architecture.

Pete

There is also the discussion of convenience and the fact the HTS converts five lenses for tilt and shift use as opposed to one lens on one dedicated camera.