cams and camera movements

[adrian tyler]

hello folks, can i rely on the rangefinder focussing on the linhof technika if i am using camera movements... probably a silly question...

for example whilst making a portrait with the camera pointing down, i may correct the perspective by applying back tilt on the front and back standards, should i forget abot the rangefinder in these circumstances?

thanks

adrian

[Bob Salomon]

No. Not with movements.

[David A. Goldfarb]

And how would you be able to check the effect of the movements without using the groundglass anyway?

[Ed Richards]

Depends on the movement. You can use rise, you can even judge the rise if you use the wire frame finder, or you can just guess.

[Rob_5419]

Not in Adrian's case:

for example whilst making a portrait with the camera pointing down, i may correct the perspective by applying back tilt on the front and back standards, should i forget abot the rangefinder in these circumstances?

Bob's succinct answer makes more sense. At the end of the day, a rangefinder unit is a focussing tool for gauging how far (distance) a visual subject is.

With Adrian's desired movements, at best the rangefinder focussing will only be an uncontrolled approximation depending on the degree of movements.

Some people like the pot-luck effect that this can have - that is, either an interesting or chance result (like a lensbaby).

[adrian tyler]

... yeah i though so, thanks.