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Dude, that's why you use a lens that covers like a 20x24 image ( on your 4x5 ) or you fix everything in photo shop !

Unless your camera has axis tilts and swings.

True, but front swing takes the lens off-axis, requiring more lens coverage and swinging the plane of focus off the focal plane. Get a little,...

House, Sauvie Island, Oregon by Austin Granger, on Flickr

Covered porches on a sunny day with a black trash bag for some negative fill is a fantastically affordable way to get that "Avedon In the American...

And that makes the camera yaw free when used on it’s side as then the swing is beneath the tilt.

Thanks again, I will Jan

Ingenious but I dare say a bit awkward.

Agreed in the front standard rise and fall. For me, once I set my front tilt and or swing, particularly with longer lenses, I default to rear...

You do what you have to do. One of John Sexton’s most well known pictures was made with the view camera upside down.

One might also keep in mind that turning a 4x5 camera on its side on a sturdy tripod and head can provide movements you didn’t think your camera had....

I manage to move the horizon line around in my images just fine with front rise/fall. Really, it's the same thing for the most part as rear...

Evidence, Sauvie Island, Oregon by Austin Granger, on Flickr Portland by Austin Granger, on Flickr

But it's blue... Using the blue sky instead of a neutral source will almost certainly result in lower factors for blue filters (I know, not...

I'll stick with measuring the blue of the sky opposite the sun - simpler that way and the results agree with the manufactures (quality manufactures...

Dont do it, its not the same as B&W. Initial moistening by the developer is matched to the stacked color-layers of the film. Prewash for C-41...

Right Bob, rear swing changes object shapes whereas front swing does not.

Rear swing does not create distortion. But just like rear tilt it controls subject shape.

Based upon specs, certain Ebony and Shen Hao 4x5 cameras have the referenced rear movements and in some instances rear swing as well (probably the...

Peter, these are fantastic. Love the MOON! I managed to grab another galaxy. This needs to be redone in better sky conditions but I did have a...

Well, I am a fan of gaffers' tape, but I will have to chalk up to my lack of mechanical prowess my long experience with tape of any such kind, that...