#VINTAGE 65MM TILTSHIFT LENS HARTBLEI PRO#

A fellow by the name of Scheimpflug figured out that if you bisect the angle between the film/sensor plane and the subject with the lens plane, everything in the subject plane would be in focus. Tilting a lens alters the plane of focus.

I've also used shifts to keep my reflection out of glass and such by altering the camera position. This is usually employed in keeping buildings and trees straight by allowing the photographer to keep the film/sensor plane parallel to the subject. Shifting the lens will help with perspective. On the other hand, a T/S lens or adapter will allow the photographer to pursue different effects. Lens Babies do change the plane of focus, but there are also other aberrations present because the lenses in them are fairly simple optics. You can find a few 80mm ones on eBay, but that's all that's out there unless you look for something used. PS the Arsat 35mm tilt lens is available from the factory for $595 + S&H Price List - HARTBLEI & Kiev Cameras and Lenses | HARTBLEINo one has had Arsats in stock for quite a while. (shift is easily done in software, while the important function of tilting the lens so a tilted plane is in focus cannot be done with software.) I have no experience with lens baby but from what I hear it is very different from a high quality tilt lens. PS the Arsat 35mm tilt lens is available from the factory for $595 + S&H A shorter lens won't be able to focus to infinity. Shorter Pentacon Six lenses, like 50mm, usually cost more.Ī different approach is to find a Nikon PB-4 tilt shift bellows - these sometimes sell for less than $200 but usually more with an 80mm enlarger lens you'll be able to focus from infinity to more than 1:1 macro with both tilt and shift. You can assemble a high quality tilt lens from a $125 Hartblei adapter Hartblei Tilt Adapter Pentacon Six Lens Pentax M42 42mm - eBay (item 170555084161 end time Nov-19-10 03:41:20 PST) and a Pentacon Six (Kiev 60, Kiev 88) lens ~ $100 (for example MC VOLNA-3 KIEV/PENTACON SIX 80mm F2.8 LENS EXCELLENT! - eBay (item 310270973512 end time Nov-21-10 12:36:52 PST) ).

YusufI have no experience with lens baby but from what I hear it is very different from a high quality tilt lens.

#VINTAGE 65MM TILTSHIFT LENS HARTBLEI PRO#

I am sure there pro & con of each approach apart from the cost. Lensbaby is cheap, say around $150 but TS approach is a bit expensive with adapter and lens. How do you compare - Lensbaby or Tilt-shift adapter

Vintage 65mm tiltshift lens hartblei