Lensbabies are selective focus and not tilt/shift. My solution for tilt/shift photography are: solution 1 - freelensing: if you don't mind being a bit on the wild side. My best freelensing lens is a Tamron Adaptall-2 f2.5 24mm without any adaptor, so I can put the lens a bit closer to the 'film' pane allowing me to focus to infinity. I recommend the use of a tripod with this setting as the last thing you want is to hold the lens in one hand, the camera in the other and somehow try to fire the shutter. LOL A sample for my free-lensing: http://www.flickr.com/photos/timbah/4421716087/ (it was made with Nikon D70s... please excuse my blasphemy! :D)
solution 2 - Hartblei Tilt (or shift) adapter for Pentacon 6 lenses this setup is the easiest to use. You take an old PSix lens, like the Carl Zeiss Flektogon f4 50mm and attach to your camera with a Tilt adaptor. Since the PSix lenses are designed to make pictures on a 6x6 cm 'sensor' if you use them on an APSC (or even a 35mm film) then only the middle of the 'image-circle' will be used, which is the best quality for all lenses. Also the advantage is you don't really need to shift these lenses to compensate the 'slide' of the 'image-circle' as you have a loads of areas to work with. The limitation of this system is the wide angle. As 50mm on 6x6 is already wide angle (35mm is fisheye :D) you can't really find lenses wider than 50mm (you can find some 35-40mm ones... for a bit too high price). But in the other hand you can get some seriously good lenses :D for a bargain with good picture quality, my favourite is being the Carl Zeiss Sonnar 180mm f2.8 which is IMHO the best portrait lens ever made if you like to draganize your pictures as it's disturbingly sharp at f2.8 :D (I just love this lens... sorry!) And also a one hour photoshoot with this lens and you don't need to go to gym for a while :D A sample with the 80mm f2.8 Biometar: http://www.flickr.com/photos/timbah/2953220154/ So my advise: Go for the Hartblei adaptor with a cheap Carl Zeiss Biometar 80mm f2.8 (it's smaller and cheaper, easier to use in the beginning) or a Carl Zeiss Flektogon 50mm f4. You will get an easy to use tilt lens without the need of shifting the lens. Also the Biometar is good to use for portraits. Also get a Tamron Adaptall-2 f2.5 24mm (I have the 01BB version) and try freelensing. If you are interested in macro then get a 55mm reverse adapter as well as this lens is one of my main extreme-macro lens as well. A recent sample for it's macro capabilities. The image is not a crop, actually I had to extend it a bit (about 10-15% on the left and bottom) for better composition. Keep in mind that the spider is about 2-3mm in total. http://www.flickr.com/photos/timbah/5609939029/ Some Ebay links for you: The PSix - PK tilt adaptor: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Hartblei-Tilt-Adapter-Pentacon-Six-Lens-Pentax-/170548600701?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item27b57d1f7d#ht_722wt_1141 The Flektogon 50mm f4: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Zeiss-FLEKTOGON-50mm-F4-Pentacon-Six-Canon-EOS-Nikon-/150589386498?pt=UK_Photography_VintagePhotography_VintagePhotoAccessories&hash=item230fd3af02#ht_6048wt_1141 The Biometar 80mm f2.8: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/CARL-ZEISS-Jena-BIOMETAR-MC-80mm-f-2-8-80-/370490133352?pt=Camera_Lenses&hash=item5642eecb68 as this one was the 'kit-lens' for the PSix camera I recommend looking for one with the camera as well... usually you can get it for cheap and hey, you get a MF camera as well! The Tamron 24mm f2.5: This one has 3 versions... I have the latest 01BB one. This is the previous version 01B: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Tamron-24mm-f2-5-lens-exc-adaptall-mount-choice-/390262438991?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item5add743c4f#ht_2575wt_1141 And this is the oldest version (notice the old tamron logo... my logo/signo is based on this :D) http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/TAMRON-24mm-f2-5-Lens-NIKON-FE-FM-FE2-D90-D80-ETC-/170531874417?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item27b47de671#ht_1706wt_907 Hope it helps and let us see your tilt photos soon! :D Regards, .timber Ps.: Back to Pentax with a white Pentax K-r! :D On Tue, 2011-04-12 at 09:12 +0200, Thibouille wrote: > I didn't think about those. > Can they really replace a proper T/S lens ? > > > 2011/4/5 AlunFoto <[email protected]>: > > Lensbabies? > > > > 2011/4/5 Thibouille <[email protected]>: > >> I'm looking into getting a T/S lens. > >> I don't care much if not Pentax or if I need an adaptor. However I > >> care about price. > >> Those things are usually very pricey. > >> > >> I might even accept a Canon lens, if it is what I need to get > >> Tilt/shift. 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