In the 70's we used a lot of old glass on 8x10 Ektachrome and shot catalogue stuff to size. (Yes kids, no scans, color separations were made by contact printing).
There was a prevailing, if arcane, convention, when using old glass, to tilt the front board a teeny bit off axis to improve image quality. We would never shoot straight through the center of a lens. This was not to correct focus or perspective control, but specifically to optimize the lens performance.
Has anyone ever heard of this and can you provide a technical explanation that doesn't ring as folklore?
There's a lot riding on your answer. (A beer, anyway.)
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