• Matt Blaze@federate.socialOP
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    2 months ago

    Captured with the Rodenstock 70mm/5.6 Digaron lens and a bit of vertical shift. The afternoon light highlights the basic arched form of the bridge structure against the background and foreground foliage. A polarizer darkened the clear winter sky.

    The Taft Bridge, named for the famously portly US president and SCOTUS chief justice, is the largest unreinforced concrete bridge in the world. Comprising seven major arches over Rock Creek Park, it links the Kalorama and Woodly Park neighborhoods.

    • Chuck@chaos.social
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      2 months ago

      @mattblaze@federate.social Perhaps a random question, do you have a tilt/shift adapter that you put between the lens and the camera body or does the lens itself have that ability?

        • Chuck@chaos.social
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          2 months ago

          @mattblaze@federate.social Ah kind of afraid of that. I’ve got a Canon 5D which I’d love to explore doing T/S photography with, however the only two Canon lenses are a 17mm one and 24mm one at $2150 and $1900 respectively. Ouch. Was hoping there was a T/S lens mount that would convert my existing lenses.

          • Matt Blaze@federate.socialOP
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            2 months ago

            @ChuckMcManis@chaos.social The problem is twofold: the space required by an adapter would probably make it hard to focus at infinity, and, more seriously, 35mm form lenses not designed for shift generally have very small image circles and wouldn’t allow much shifting.

            • Matt Blaze@federate.socialOP
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              2 months ago

              @ChuckMcManis@chaos.social That said, I’ve seen shift adapters designed to mount medium format lenses on 35mm format cameras. And there are a lot of good used medium format lenses on the market.