Practice question · True or false
The Scheimpflug principle states that the subject plane, the lens plane and the film plane meet along a common line when the whole subject plane is sharp.
Hints
- It is a statement about three planes and one line.
- Theodor Scheimpflug patented it in 1904.
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True
Why
True, and the practical reading is what matters: the plane of sharp focus is not locked parallel to the film. Tilt the lens and the plane swings, which is how a view camera lays sharpness along a receding surface without stopping down into diffraction.
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