is a tilt shift lens better than simulating tilt shift in PS/AE?

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Nicholas Natteau

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I saw this documentary the other day on Sundance called "Site Specific" where an Italian photographer, Olvio Barbieri, shoots these landscapes making them look like miniature sets using a tilt shift lens.

I was just wondering what would give me better results: buying a Nikon 45mm f/2.8 tilt shift lens or simulating the effect in Photoshop or After Effects?

Is the simulated effect in AE as good as the result you would get from the 45mm tilt shift lens?

I'm asking because I'm not sure whether to buy the Photoshop/After Effects bundle that comes in Adobe Creative Suite 4 or get the lens?

Thanks in advance for feedback,

- Nick
 
yeah, you dont need a 35 mm adapter for depth of field - do it in post.



My point is that masking 3d is possible, but not only you dont get the same result (try panning that camera with different depths all around) you have to work a lot to make a decent simulation.

On a static frame yeah, move that camera or get a subject walking from far to close, and you enter the magic world of rotoscoping...
Or get the lens


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