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Conversely you can make a real scene look miniature by using a tilt-shift lens (I used to use the Canon 45mm). Vincent Laforet's are some of my favorites: http://agonistica.com/tilt-shift-photography-by-vincent-lafo...

(I think what Michael Paul Smith does is much more impressive)

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It's funny that current TS/PC lenses cost upwards of $2000, but Michael Paul Smith stated that he has to use a cheap Canon Powershot because the cheap lens obscures the details enough to make them believable and the tiny aperture keeps the "real" background enough in focus to keep the scale believable.

A $2000 tilt-shift or perspective control lens would be inexpensive according to some architectural, or otherwise technical, photographers.

Sure, you can spend as much as you can possibly imagine on some equipment. Linhof, Cambo, Leaf. Those are more business investments for the majority of people who buy them, in a sense.

This video is pretty cool: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fk9EBOOAYiU

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