> From: "Piers Hemy" <piers@xxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [OM] Tilt lenses was Re: Macro flash bracket project
>
> Mike's mention of the Zoerk tilt adapter for increased Macro DoF
> got me
> thinking. The Zoerk adapters are very appealing examples of
> engineering
> ingenuity, but they come at a price.
I looked at one once. And then bought a 24 shift for about the same
money!
> BUT it dawned on me that the tilt facility allows to regain one of the
> trade-offs of the half-size 4/3 sensor, which gives more DoF than is
> typically the case on an OM body. But just as tilts allow gretare
> Dof for
> macro work, so careful use of the tilt allows me to very significantly
> *reduce* the DoF, ideal for protraits, for which the 35mm FL on a
> 4/3 body
> is also ideal. Result!
Nice shots! You put it to good use. It really has a distinctive look.
> The Hartblei lenses are also available from Misha Fourman at
> KievCamera in
> Atlanta (although Hartblei themsleves appear to have moved on to Ze!ss
> lenses for their chassis).
Do you have a ballpark cost?
Anyone using a Lens Baby? I just ordered one in 4/3rds, for exactly
the reason Piers mentions. It's one of those things that can make
your shots look "different" enough to interest people. Also, I want
to shoot jewelry in a perspective other than flat-on, without
stopping down to sharpness-robbing pinhole apertures.
I've also had plans in the back of my head for years to mutilate a
bellows so it will do view camera movements. The only Zuiko that
would be up to that (IMHO) would be the 135/4.5.
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