Perspective control lens
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Perspective control lens
(see Shift)
Photoflood
Bright tungsten filament bulb used as an artificial light source. The bulb is over -run and so has a short life.
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Perspective Control Lens: A wide angle lens design featuring optics that can be shifted to correct for converging vertical lines, inherent in wide angle lenses.
Perspective control lens. A special lens that allows correcting distortion resulting from a high or low camera angle. < ...
PC-See Perspective Control Lens
Perspective-control lens - A small- or medium-format manual lens that shifts off its axis in any direction on sliding tracks to correct perspective convergence; shifting is controlled by a screw, ...
PC Lens A perspective control lens. The barrel of a PC lens can be shifted so that you can keep the plane of the film or sensor parallel to the subject. Useful for photographing elongated or tall subjects, such as buildings.
These tricks apply to every view camera, and to special tilt-shift and perspective control lenses made by Canon and Nikon.
Why Tilt?
Nikkor 24mm PC-E at f/3.5. Roll mouse over to see effects of forward tilt.
Nikon D40x Lenses ...99
Zoom Lenses ...103
Normal Lenses ...104
Wide-Angle Lenses ...105
Telephoto Lenses ...107
Perspective Control Lenses ...109
Macro Lenses ...110
Lens Accessories ...111
Perspective in a Photograph ...112 ...
 See also: Perspective, Photography, Camera, Perspective control, Photograph
  
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