Manufacturing unique, innovative tools
for special cinematic needs has always been central
to Century Precision Optics. For years, Clairmont’s
unique Swing/Shift System has been a popular rental
product. Now Century has exclusive license to
manufacture and sell this patented system worldwide.
Century Brings it to You
Here’s
What It Lets You Do
Like large format view cameras, the Swing/Shift
system employs bellows, swings, tilts, rises,
falls & shifts for a variety of effects. You
can distort the shape of a subject, remove unwanted
objects from the frame, or shoot straight into
a mirror without catching the camera’s reflection.
Access to shifts and swings also
provides nearly total control over the focus plane,
for extremely deep—or shallow—depth of field.
Distant objects and extremely close ones can both
be sharp in the same frame. Or you can limit focus
to a particular object, isolating it even from
objects the same distance from the lens.
Extreme
Depth of Field Without Stopping Down
A two-shot of a driver and front seat passenger
as seen from the driver’s window doesn’t require
f/16 if you effectively increase the depth of
field by tilting the lens instead.
Focus
and Shape Control
Tilting or swinging the lens can alter
both apparent depth of field and an object's shape.
Shifting the lens lets you reposition objects
within the frame without changing the relationship
(angle) between the object and the film plane.
The combination of these two movements gives you
control over perspective distortion of objects.
For example, shift the lens up (rise) to capture
the full height of a skyscraper, keeping the film
plane parallel to the building for a distortion-free
perspective. Conversely, you can emphasize the
height of the structure by tilting the lens up,
dramatically exaggerating perspective.
Extremely
Close Focus
The Swing/Shift System uses bellows with
a built-in rack and pinion mechanism, which extend
for close focusing. Depending on the lens’ focal
length and the object distance desired, extension
tubes may be required.
Optics
for Clairmont Swing/Shift by Century:
*14mm
f/2.8
18mm f/2.8
20mm f/2.8
*24mm
f/3.5
28mm f/3.5
35mm f/2.8
45mm f/2.8
*55mm
f/2.8
*75mm
f/2.8
90mm f/2.8
105mm f/2.4
*135mm
f/4
150mm f/2.8
150mm f/3.5
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Avaible in Belgrade all the time
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