27.01.2018

Shift, tilt and swing


MovementUsual DirectionEffectExample
vertical shift
("Parallelverschiebung, "Hochstellung")
up, down towards distant side of objectcorrects vertical linesup: building
down: small objects
side shift
("Seitwärtsverstellung")
left or right towards distant side of objectcorrects horizontal linessmall and large objects
tilt ("Kippen","Neigen")front forward, back backwardextend depth of field ("Scheimpflug").
Rear and front tilt is called double Scheimpflug
landscape view
swing ("Drehung")right or leftdiagonal sharpness areasmall objects

Links: perspective in detail (by Alpa)
a different opinion (by Schneider Kreuznach)
why you are loosing up to 45% of pixel with photoshop correction (by Rodenstock)