25 degrees tilt enough?

[Fritz05]

Hi,
I bought two view cameras 13x18/5x7 - the Plaubel Peco UNiversal II and the Plaubel Universal III. The Universal is a heavy, full metal built monorail view camera. The II (1954-1960) and III (1960-1969) version are almost identical except for the fact, that the III version adds the ability of tilting around the middle axis (10 degrees) to the 25 degrees tilting of the whole standard. I have to let go of one of these. My version II copy holds the lensboard and the back rock solid in their standards whereas the III seems to be a little more worn - the lensboard and the back are moving a little in the standards. Do you consider a 25 dgrees tilt of the standard is enough, or do you think the additional 10 degrees tilting ability is a real advantage? If so, I´d try to fix the moving-boards-and-backs-problem somehow. Thank you for your patience with my beginners question -and my bad English.

[Jac@stafford.net]

Do you consider a 25 dgrees tilt of the standard is enough, or do you think the additional 10 degrees tilting ability is a real advantage?

To me, 25 degrees is more than adequate. For landscapes 6 to 12 degrees is good. For architecture I often use a lot of front rise.

However if others who use as much as 25 degrees of tilt would post examples, I would appreciate it.
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[Jim Noel]

I don't think I have ever used as much as 25 degrees of tilt.

[Kevin Crisp]

I am sure I have never used as much as 25 degrees, even though my camera can pose like a pretzel as seen in advertisements.

Your English seems excellent.

[AJ Edmondson]

I doubt that I have ever come close to 25 degrees... even 15 degrees seems pretty extreme. I seldom make any photograph without some tilt but it is usually very slight!

Joel

[Robert Opheim]

I primary use front rise or fall - for buildings and others. I use a little bit of tilt but not much - 5 degrees maybe.

[Jim Andrada]

In almost 50 years I've never seen a need for more than 15 degrees, and seldom even for that much.

[David Lobato]

My trigonometric calculations showed with a 300mm lens, 25 degrees is plenty of tilt for subjects 10 meters distant. If you do happen to need more, back tilt can supplant the front tilt.

[Jim Jones]

I only once used 30 degrees back tilt on the back of a Graphic view II to photograph the ground from inches in front of the camera to infinity, with the front of the camera resting on the ground and the rear elevated. Too many lenses run out of sharp coverage with a few degrees of lens tilt.

[Fritz05]

Thank you for your helpful replies!