Apr 2007

Darling Island

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Stitched Mamiya RB67, 65mm/4.5, f11, Fuji 160S

Just for fun, I tried a similar pano with a shift lens on my DSLR.

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Pentax *istDS, K28/3.8 shift, f11, ISO200, one shot at each extreme of the shift.

The 65mm has a wider angle of view, so that makes things a bit fairer.

The 6x7 shot is definitely sharper, although there really isn't much in it. At long exposures, the DS does dark-frame subtraction to tame the noise and I do have to be careful with the highlights on digital. But the shift lens is a lot easier to use. Interesting.