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    Weston's lack of front tilt

    I've been on a Weston's kick lately. Been reading about Edward and Brett and studying there images. Something I've noticed in all the photos I've come across of either of them with there cameras is the lack of front tilts. I often read posts on forums about which camera to buy. Which has the most movements etc... But they seemed to have done just fine with front rise only. The best answer I've been able to come with for this is that they ALMOST exclusively contact printed so careful focus and depth of field may have been enough. Any thoughts?

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    Rear tilt if needed I guess. It's actually easier to use rear movements on larger cameras in my opinion because you don't need long ape arms to reach the controls and see the ground glass at the same time. Just my guess.
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    Re: Weston's lack of front tilt

    I second the use of rear tilt to replace front tilt in EW's case. Along with front rise/fall, it can replace the need of front tilt.

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    Re: Weston's lack of front tilt

    Remember that many US LF cameras had no front tilt, so you had to use rear tilt, it was only the better models that came with front tilts and if you were very lucky front swing as well.

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    Re: Weston's lack of front tilt

    I believe Century Universals have front tilt.

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    Re: Weston's lack of front tilt

    Both Brett and Cole eventually used Calumet C-1's which have both front and rear axis tilts fwiw

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    Re: Weston's lack of front tilt

    How can you tell that they didn't use front tilt?

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    Re: Weston's lack of front tilt

    Quote Originally Posted by Jon Shiu View Post
    How can you tell that they didn't use front tilt?

    Jon
    Both types of tilt will help with increasing depth of field.
    When using rear tilt near objects will usually increase or 'Loom', in size and be slightly distorted. This phenomenon is the clue.
    Front tilt will have no effect on the shape of objects, while still increasing depth of field.
    As someone mentioned, many 8x10 cameras from this period were not fitted with tilt, as there primary usage was for portraiture. That is also
    why they had rise/fall, to accommodate height differences.
    A lens of limited coverage will sometimes benefit by use of back tilt for depth of field, where it's coverage does not allow for use of front tilt.
    Hope this is useful.
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    Re: Weston's lack of front tilt

    My "go to" camera for many years (35) was an Ansco view. It had front rise and fall, so I just used the tripod tilt and rear tilt and swing to get what I "saw" in my minds eye. Probably I just learned how to work around the lack of front tilts. It's much easier to do this with the rear movements in my opinion.

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    Re: Weston's lack of front tilt

    I am assuming there was something in the supporting text. If not, presumably some ability to communicate with the long-since departed I'm intrigued!

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