No, I mean that the field of view of a shifted lens is somewhat wider than
the same lens unshifted. I suspect. And that might be why Olympus described
the field of view of the 24/3.5 as equivalent to that of an 18mm lens.
Piers
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From: Chuck Norcutt [mailto:chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: 20 April 2013 15:36
To: Olympus Camera Discussion
Subject: Re: [OM] OT: Pentacchio Shifting
Do you mean shifting the lens left and right and taking an image at each
position to build a limited range pano?
Chuck Norcutt
On 4/19/2013 11:45 AM, Piers Hemy wrote:
> I think you will find that as well as shifting the image circle, you
> can end up with a wider wide-angle than you thought you had. I
> remmeber having such a discussion with Walt Wayman many years ago, but
> could not convince him (I couldn't convince myself either at the
> time), but having stewed on it, I am now convinced.
>
> Piers
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