03-17-10 – Farkitecture

And this competition made me realise just how much I would like a nice T/S lens. Problem is, Olympus, whose DSLR I use, don’t make one for their E range. There is one for the OM range, but it’s impossible to find.
I could get a Canon one for my (newly bought, second-hand) EOS-3, but as I don’t have any lenses yet for it (apart from an FD 100m f2 and converter), I don’t really think a T/S lens should be top priority.

Oh yeah, the clincher: the wife would of course kill me if I drop mega bucks on a new lens 😥

I actually almost used a tilt-shift miniature fake for tonight, but I decided the particular photo I was considering didn’t have enough real emphasis on the architecture and was more about the tilt-shift effect. So another time for that one…

Hey, when you don’t need it anymore, can I have your stuff?

Pretty please?

No! It’s my precioussssssss! All of it! 😆

Seriously, though, I think there is an adapter out there that can turn your lenses into either a tilt or shift lens. Can’t remember who makes it (Saw it last year online somewhere), but you might look into it, especially since you’d probably need shift more than tilt for building shots, and that can save you money just getting the adapter.

Precioussssssss? Fancy playing a game of riddles, then? 😉

I’ll have look for the adapter. I don’t supppose a Lensbaby would work? They shift and tilt, don’t they, but also blur.

Ooo check this out. Available in Olympus 4/3…dunno if there’s an OM to 4/3 adapater, but maybe this is a start?
http://kievcamera.net/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=56&products_id=191

They have tilt adapters but they appear to be macro only and don’t include anything but Nikon or Canon.

As for a Lensbaby, I have one, and no, it won’t really do the same thing. Their field of focus is very distorted, like it’s a cone shape, sort of. You can stop it down and decrease some of it, but ultimately you just don’t have the kind of control over the tilt or shift that you really need. And they don’t really shift that much. they’re fun to play with, though!

Thanks! That does look like a good place to start ($600? That’s cheap, right? If I exchange the dollar sign for a yen sign, I can get that past the wife 😉 ).
I just remembered that the newer Olympus E-system bodies have aspect control, so I think you can shoot with the same aspect as a large frame camera. That *may* reduce distortion to some extent. Problem is, I have one of the older models.
*sigh

And I would like to get my hands on a Lensbaby this year…

They have tilt adapters but they appear to be macro only and don’t include anything but Nikon or Canon.

You can get tilt (and shift but not both together) adapters for pentacon 6 MF lenses that will focus to infinity. I think that’s the cheapest way, but I don’t know what the quality is like. http://www.araxfoto.com/accessories/tilt/

really late post but i was going to use these.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/57055068@N00/ first two pics

given my vote totals maybe i should have 🙂