Thank you Darren and Peter. Very useful, really. In the mean time, I realized it would be somewhat cheaper (with is pros and cons) do go straight for the ideal (to me) concerning T/S, which is View camera. Got one already, need the lens. I already have neg carrier and what I need to develop the negs myself. It should be flexible enough as far as tilt/shift is concerned.
2011/4/13 Darren Addy <[email protected]>: > It sort of depends what you are wanting to shoot. Do you need infinity > focus? Do you need a wide angle view? It is hard to have it all > without buying a tilt-shift lens that was made for your mount. > > I'm no expert on this, but learned a bit when creating this: > http://www.flickr.com/photos/pixelsmithy/sets/72157606681839809/ > > The main thing working against me on this was the prism/pentamirror > overhang on my K200D. You wouldn't need as big an adapter on the back > if you wanted to use my contraption with a film SLR and so might still > be able to get infinity focus. But it is still going to be a 90mm > focal length lens. > > My idea was to take the rise and swing built into the old folder and > put it to use on a DSLR. > The problem is that if your lens is farther away from the film plane > (sensor) than designed, you will lose infinity focus. (But it will > work for stuff closer). > Larger format lenses have larger flange to film distances, so will > definitely work better - but the problem is that they will be longer > focal length than what you probably wanted. You'll notice that most > tilt shift lenses are on wide angle lenses for the format. Here the > 1.5x crop factor of APS-C DSLRs is also working against you. > > So, the best solution would be to have a tilt/shift adapter that > worked with your camera and the widest angle 645 lens you can find. > For example: the Pentax 645 35mm f/3.5 > > A SMC K Shift lens (28mm f3.5) recently sold for a bit north of $600 > including shipping: > http://cgi.ebay.com/Pentax-K-SMC-Shift-28mm-f-3-5-Lens-MINT-/360356155270?pt=Camera_Lenses&hash=item53e6e68f86#ht_4668wt_1139 > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- Thibault Massart aka Thibouille/Thibs ---------------------- Photo: K-7, Sigma 28/1.8 macro, FA50/1.4, DA40Ltd, K30/2.8, DA16-45, DA50-135, DA50-200, 360FGZ KX, MX, SuperA+Motor, Z1, P30 Mamiya C330+80/2.8 Sekonic L-208 FalconEyes TE300D x2 Studio flashes Laptop: Macbook 13" Unibody SnowLeo/Win7 Programing: Delphi 2009 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
