Beautiful picsCanon TS-E 17 mm f/4L (Tilt-Shift), EOS 5D Mark II:
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You can use software (perspective control) to fix distortion like a shift lense does. The tilt mechanism however changes the plane of sharpness which cannot be done in software.Nowadays much of the distortion that eliminate by tilt-shift can be got using Photoshop or similar software.
You could join 2 images to get the width you want. Overlap 2 exposures and join them with a Pano stitchA perspective control lens (or two) is one of my most-wanted optics. Although software corrections can work very well, I've grown accustomed to having a lot of pixels at my disposal, and don't relish losing any if I can help it.
In the case of my panoramas, sometimes my widest lens simply isn't wide enough, and I'm forced to tilt the camera upwards, but the more I do this, the more fan-shaped the merged image becomes, and trickier to crop into a tidy rectangle without sacrificing much of the image.
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The above image is already a composite of 8 individual images taken with a 24 mm lens.You could join 2 images to get the width you want. Overlap 2 exposures and join them with a Pano stitch
I agree that panorama software can be useful. OTOH, the problem @JeffS7444 mentions with a camera's built-in panorama facility affects stitched photo in exactly the same way. The only real way to deal with it is to use a very wide angle lens where you can crop out a narrower rectangular strip.You could join 2 images to get the width you want. Overlap 2 exposures and join them with a Pano stitch
That kinda sucks. What's the point of giga$$$ Leitz lenses if you don't get decent QC?50/1 Leica Noctilux, Leica M8
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Right out of the box, focusing was off, and the lens had to be shipped back to Leica for warranty repairs - so much for quality control! But they did an alright job of fixing it. But unless bargain-priced, I wouldn't buy one today, as I rarely care for the super shallow DOF look, and even if I did, there's lots more competition in the market for super-fast lenses today.
More so now than in previous years, Leica's niche is as a luxury-products company, where much of the appeal is not merely as an image-making tool, but rather, the brand seeks to evoke certain emotions. In fact, for a time, they were part of the LVMH consortium, and they've ventured into automatic wristwatches. No one ever said that hand-crafting small batches of cameras and lenses was the best way to achieve consistently high quality in the 21st century, but for those who crave a certain "something", they may be worth the occasional minor inconvenience.That kinda sucks. What's the point of giga$$$ Leitz lenses if you don't get decent QC?