Instead of the Canon mount I ordered, I was sent a Nikon mount version. While awaiting delivery I saw a Canon 90mm TS-E for sale on eBay and couldn't resist buying it.
So the Hartblei lens is surplus to requirements, and for sale. Hopefully for exactly the amount I paid for it, which was �171. This is in the U.K only (if anyone abroad would like contact details to buy Hartblei lenses, I'll be happy to send info).
I've made a website with images of the lens (taken, as it happens, with the Canon 90mm):
http://www.lewisohn.co.uk/hartblei/index.htm
It is important to realise that this is a totally manual lens - note no contacts on the back of the lens in the final image on the website.
This a link to Hartblei's website: http://hartblei.com/products/lenses/ PC45_lens_c_practice.htm#Panoramic%20Photographingf
The 80mm is, for some reason, not on their site, but seems to work in the same was as the 45mm on the above web page. This is info from the original listing (i.e. for Canon EOS read Nikon):
This is a BRAND NEW Hartblei Multicoated 80 mm f 2.8 Shift and Tilt Super Rotator lens in CANON EOS mount.
This lens will fit on any cameras
You will not have a problems with TTL housing or battery pack
You can use this lens on any 35mm cameras with CANON EOS mount SLR digital or 35mm film
It offers a full 12 millimeters of shift up and down or side to side
and 8 degree tilt in ANY directions
Super-Rotator - a mechanism for adjusting depth of field by tilting the lens in ANY direction, and the PCS mechanism is preserved.
Adding the ability to tilt a lens out of alignment with the film plane allows a photographer to gain the look of infinite depth of field even when shooting at wide f-stops and allowing faster shutter speeds to be used. This is particularly valuable for landscape photographers. It is also a valuable tool for product photography where close focusing often limits depth of field even when using small apertures. The Hartblei tilt lens offers 6-degrees of tilt which is enough to bring everything a few feet in front of the camera all the way to the horizon into sharp focus. Lens tilt is achieved by rotating clockwise the tilt handle. One full revolution of the handle corresponds to a lens tilt of 1.5� for the TS-PC Super-Rotator lens.
Bayonet type:
CANON EOS for all cameras with EOS mount
Frame format: - covers 35 mm film
Focal length: - 80 mm
Focusing: - manual
Maximum aperture: - 1:2.8
Aperture range: - 2.8 - 22 (manual)
Construction: elements / groups - 6 / 5
Angle of view: without optical unit shift - 42� with optical unit shift - 45�
Filter size: - dia 62 mm
Lens movement:
TS-PC Super-Rotator - shift and tilt in any direction
Shift movement range: - 0 to 12 mm in any direction
Tilt movement range:
TS-PC Super-Rotator - 0 to 8� in any direction
This is a stunning lens, both in appearance and in use. It is a beautifully made all metal body with well done multicoating and a very nice and smooth shift control. No knobs, just turn the dial and the lens effortlessly shifts. If you shoot any kind of architecture then this is a must have lens. It comes as brand new in a soft case with caps.
Construction :6 elements in 5 groups.
Angle of view: 45 degree
Filter size :62mm
Rotation: 360 degree.
If there's no interest in a Nikon mount, the supplier has said they will exchange it for a Canon mount version. Any interest in that, please let me know. Don't hesitate to contact me if you have any questions; my e-mail is richard(at)lewisohn.co.uk.
Regards
Richard Lewisohn
http://www.lewisohn.co.uk
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