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Diagonal tilt - Ts-e lenses. Issue with panorama shift?

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Martin Erik Andersen
OP Martin Erik Andersen Junior Member • Posts: 43
Re: Diagonal tilt - Ts-e lenses. Issue with panorama shift?

The limitation I am struggling with only apply for panorama or vertorama photos made by multiple shots using shift.

In a single shot (with no intention for stitching to panorama) I have no problem getting any of 4 possible diagonal planes focused.

As far as I can see what is going on is this: The tilt rotation axis can rotate 90°, stetting the rotation around 45° and tilting down results in upper left diagonal focus plane. Tilting up results in lower right diagonal focus planes. Focus planes marked in red:

To get the two other diagonal planes in focus I have to rotate the shift axis 90°:

But the rotation of the shift axis 90° turns the shifting direction from horizontal to vertical. And this is of course not an option if the intention is to stitch photos to a final horizontal panorama.

Setting the tilt axis rotation less or more than 45°, as far as I can see, only refines the diagonal rotated plane within the total of the 90°. The 10° being closer to plain tilt, and 80° closer to plain swing.

The total image circle is 360° and using the tilt rotations axis of 90° in conjunction with “up/down” covers 180°. To cover the remaining 180° the shift axis has to be rotated 90° - this turning the shift direction from horizontal to vertical.

Hope this is a bit clearer, and sorry if my language and vocabulary is of - English is not my first language.

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