Tilt and Shift and focal point

KevinCarter · #1 10-04-2008, 05:02 PM

Is there anyone how has both this plug in and a true shift and tilt lens? Does the plug in achieve 90% of what the lens can do? ie lets say for blurring out part of an image

michaelnotar · #2 10-05-2008, 12:17 AM

i use many TS lenses for over 6 years, mainly on a view camera and i have a canon 90mm TS. i doubt any plug in could compare. maybe in the future though..? i have only corrected distortion in PS w/o a plugin. you can just use gaussian blur to simulate DOF.

KevinCarter · #3 10-05-2008, 10:33 PM

thanks, would love someone who has a TS and has Focal Point to pipe in on this

Dennis_Vied · #4 10-06-2008, 02:50 AM

I admit I never heard of Focal Point. What is it and where can it be obtained?

I have two T/S lenses, a 24 and a 90. Would love to have the 45, too, but not enough room in the pocket book.

I'm with Michael. I doubt if a plug-in could do justice in a real T/S situation.

ChrisPerry · #5 10-06-2008, 12:10 PM

onOne Software - FocalPoint Photoshop Plugin

I've seen their ads in Rangefinder and American Photo, etc. I'm not a fan of plug ins so I've not bothered to get it.

KevinCarter · #6 10-06-2008, 08:22 PM

I'd love Dennis or someone who knows these lenses well to try focal point and give me their verdict. And I mean mainly for doing the cool out of focus thing for people photography, that's what I'm concerned specially with. thanks!

David Bostock · #7 11-02-2008, 12:16 PM

It looks like Focal Point can simulate part of what a Tilt lens (not shift) can do. Tilt/shift lenses are used for a number of things, including changing the plane of focus. Most often in landscape work the desire is to increase the DOF by tilting the plane. In other cases, extreme tilting of the plane of focus can create narrow strips of focus in the image, with an often pleasing blur or Bokeh on either side. That's what Focal Point does. It will create a blur around your chosen point of focus in an image. You can create a zone of focus as a strip or a circle (ala Lens Baby)...

So, if you want to simulate the narrow focus plane effect or a Lens Baby effect then Focal Point looks like it can do it fairly well. If you want to increase your DOF, or shift the plane of focus to control convergence for example, then the Tilt/Shift Lens is the only solution I know of...

Regards,
David