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    Re: Rear movements - would you/do you miss them?

    Quote Originally Posted by 612tom View Post
    +/- 15 degrees in portrait config, + /- 8 degrees landscape config
    Not if you are shooting landscapes. It might if you are shooting product.

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    Re: Rear movements - would you/do you miss them?

    I use rear tilt quite often when I want the subject plane and the image plane parallel (or nearly so). I use rear swing to a lesser extent for the same reason. Sometimes, I'll use rear swing and/or tilt to accentuate the shape of an object. It's a 'must have' for me.

    There have been occassions where rear rise/fall and shift would be very handy; but, since my Tachihara does not have this capability, I work around it.

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    Re: Rear movements - would you/do you miss them?

    An additional thought on rear tilt. When shooting tall objects close up you often will have extreme movements and would need rear tilt to help accomplish this. As always you should also check the image circle to see if it is covering the film image.
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    Re: Rear movements - would you/do you miss them?

    The Toyo 45AX/AII has 90° (forward) and 15° (backwards-towards you) rear tilt (same as on the front). If you're shooting a tall object such as a building up close and need to point the camera upwards, you'll probably need a generous amount of forward tilt to bring the lens and film plane parallel to the building. Rear swing is often handy - for example in maintaining sharp focus on an object such as a fence which is receeding to the left or right as it will put the lens and film parallel to the fence.

    If you're considering purchasing a field camera, pay a couple of dollars extra and get a "technical field camera." Technical fields offer movements on the front and rear. Often rear rise is not offered and is usually not needed for images captured with a field camera. A front drop is the same as a rear rise.
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    Re: Rear movements - would you/do you miss them?

    Quote Originally Posted by 612tom View Post
    +/- 15 degrees in portrait config, + /- 8 degrees landscape config
    My RW45 has 20 degrees forward and backward on the rear centre tilt, and 90 degrees forward and 20 degrees backward on the base tilt. In normal landscape working, I've never run out of rear movements.

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