Re: [OM] perspective control lenses

[Garth Wood]

At 06:25 PM 10/26/98 +0100, Marc Simon wrote:

[snip]

>I quote the text in German perhaps some of our German friends
could
>translate for "all of us" (including me...) in our
"current and common
>language" somebody of the list understand what I mean...
>" Dieser Adapter verbindet Mittelformat-Objective mit allen
gängigen
>KB-SLR-Kameras. Zur Vermeidung stürzender Linien und Herstellung
von
>Panoramaaufnahmen.+/- 20mm Verstellung und 360° 
Verdrehung"

>From a German friend of mine (whose English is superb, but who doesn't
always know how to translate certain German technical terms into English
equivalents):

"This adapter connects medium-format lenses to all
current/common KB-SLR cameras.  [This] avoids converging lines and
[allows one] to take panorama pictures.  +/-20mm adjustment [shift?]
and 360 degrees of twist."

The stuff in italics are the parts where she's not sure the English
equivalent she picked is sufficient, and I've put in one interpretation
in square brackets with a question mark.  I cracked open my
Langenscheidt's and checked 'em out -- as far as I can tell, this
translation's pretty much spot on.  The "twist," as I
interpret it, means "rotate about the lens' radial axis," which
would allow the shift mechanism to be used in any direction. 
Neat-o.  ;-)

Garth

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