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Thread: Do Recessed and Tophat Boards Affect Tilt/Swing?

  1. #11

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    Re: Do Recessed and Tophat Boards Affect Tilt/Swing?

    The mounting flange itself is a custom-made tophat style gizmo, presumably the original was lost god-only-knows how many decades ago. So I could always get it mounted flat if I really wanted to, but I'd have to get a new flange custom-made for it, and for a lens that I pretty much use exclusively for portraits it's just not worth the time and expense

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    Re: Do Recessed and Tophat Boards Affect Tilt/Swing?

    You can always sell it

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    Re: Do Recessed and Tophat Boards Affect Tilt/Swing?

    lol, it's really not that much of an encumbrance. I use modern lenses for still life, and that's generally when I'm going to be using significant movements anyways. Besides, I'll likely be traveling with it this Winter and the tophat will make portraits easier on my field camera.

  4. #14
    Drew Wiley
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    Re: Do Recessed and Tophat Boards Affect Tilt/Swing?

    Of course they can affect tilt & swing, because the nodal point is way out in front of the front standard. The worst case is when you get mechanical vignetting from a long tube itself.

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