Took out my fairly new and first 4x5 camera and wanted to take a shot slightly distorting the foreground. Once the camera was level and everything in its neutral position, I tilted the film plane back until the foreground looked good and sharp. I had a 150 mm lens which was opened up all the way.
I then tilted the lens slightly forward until the background was sharp, but of course the foreground was now not sharp. And so it went on, and on and on. Any adjustment to one put out the other. I was also playing with the focusing knob to no avail.
I stopped down to f/22 which helped, but still could not get both as sharp as I think is possible. I could not see well at f/32 even with a loupe.
Do you guys have a regimen you follow to get sharpness using rear titls? Any advice is appreciated, thanks.
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