I finally bought a Squeezerlens tilt/shift gadget for my 645z because I had a hankering to dabble with pictorialism once again. After shooting a few random scenes and objects I booked a shoot with a visual artist slash model from Seattle who was just visiting the area. That went astoundingly well and here is the best shot so far ...
"A comment regarding pedestals: no-one asked the woman" https://portfolio.brucemwalker.com/index/I0000jteXqCQu5c4 The Squeezerlens is hand made by a nice German guy named Frank Baeseler, and versions exist for various mounts, including the Pentax 645. (I would have simply bought a Lensbaby but they don't do anything for medium format.) http://squeezerlens.com/medium-squeezerlens.html The optic in my copy is a Leitz Hektor (120 mm, f:2.5) projector lens. It produces all kinds of wonderful distortion and looks super dreamy when shooting a backlit scene. Some more shots: https://portfolio.brucemwalker.com/index/I0000qrQue6u8Q8c https://portfolio.brucemwalker.com/index/I0000YXaBBmvIVv0 And less serious: "Pictorialist Glamour" http://off-axis.brucemwalker.com/image/168659165532 Enjoy! -- -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
