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CAMERA MOVEMENTS - Front Tilted forward

 Tilt          -     pivot on horizontal axis.

Swings and tilts of the lens standard have NO effect on perspective, but they alter the plane of focus. (Just remember in a normal camera we focus with the lens)

Tilting the front of the camera moves the centre of the image circle above or below the centre of the film, however, the tilt does not change which section of the image circle is recorded on film since the optical centre of the lens and the centre of the film stay aligned.

Front Tilted forward

 

With the front tilted forward the point of focus on the cube is moved directly onto the top surface. The Plane has been tilted to lie more parallel with this surface and as a consequence the lower surface has been thrown out of focus with the effect more pronounced at the bottom.
The imaginary lines of film and  lens are no longer parallel.


 

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