I’m thinking of getting a shift lens but I understand a view camera can make the same movements, and tilt-shift lenses are also available for most ILCs. Have any of you used a shift lens, tilt-shift lens or a view camera? What did you use it for? What was it like using one? Frustrating? Simple? Did you need any other accessories to make the process work? How did you like the final results? Was it worth the expense and effort? Is digital perspective correction just as effective?Now that I’ve really begun to focus on perspective in my images it’s all too obvious how even a small tilt of the image plane away from parallel with the subject causes distortion. Do you care about keystoning in your pictures? >picrelThe shift scale on the Laowa 20mm f/4 Shift.
>>4510346A view camera and a lens with enough projection allows for significantly more tilting and shifting than any tilt shift lens. Do you need it? Probably not and a whole ass monorail system adds a lot of bulk to your kit. Shifting upwards is also super useful because you can get your perspective much higher without some monster tripod and a step stool to look through your camera.Learn scheimpflug if you want to do focal plane manipulation. Perspective control is more straightforward and you'll figure it out pretty easily.If you get a view camera the rear standard is used for perspective shifting + focal plane, and the front standard is used for only focal plane manipulation.If you plan on using a 4x5 camera with adapted rear standard to mount your camera, and large format glass I would suggest not to. The light rays arent angled properly and you get soft images. There are large format style lenses made for digital backs, but the good ones are obscenely expensive. The very best go for over 10k a pop.
>>4510346the shift part is pretty much retard proof, the only downside is that it will introduce a lot of vignetting. for the tilt operation the main use I have found is for product photography, you tilt down which causes the focal plane to align with the surface the item is on, you get very deep focus and can avoid most of the CA issues you usually get with close ups.the one I use the most is a canon 35mm FD adapted to RF so it's a pain in the ass to use but mostly due to it being FD. if you went with a slightly more modern electronic lens then I don't really see it as being frustrating, you need to actually use one to understand how it works but once you get it then it's very straight forward.>it’s all too obvious how even a small tilt of the image plane away from parallel with the subject causes distortion.you will need to use both, for example if you are taking a picture of a house, you aim the camera dead center at the front door, then turn the shift knob until the whole building is in frame and take your shot. when you go to edit, if you were 1ft off parallel then there is still going to be distortion at the extreme edges of the frame, BUT auto alignment will crop far less of the image because you aren't 20 degrees off parallel to begin with.
>>4510346I've used two of the Nikon PC-E lenses, my 4x5 has movement, and have used tilt/shift adapters.They're all fun to use, but I just do keystoning in post now.I don't really do Macro, so as far as the tilt goes, I've only taken one picture where I ever thought it was worth it >>4509956Do consider if you're on mirrorless that you can get tilt/shift adapters and then just adapt regular lenses.
>>4510346tilt-shift lenses are stupidly expensive while being very limited. just buy a technical stand with bellows and mount a medium format lens
>>4510451that seems like overkill, and also even more expensive than a shift lens, assuming you meant a technical stand that can accommodate a digital camera.
>>4510451overkill for my purposes, I mean. I want to correct keystoning, nothing else.
>>4510516Just resolutionmax and keystone in post
>>4510528that’s an option, yeah, but it would cost even more again for a high-res digital body and lenses and a computer that could process the files. I assume you mean 60+MPif I got a shift lens I could use it on my film and digital bodies
>>4510528Imagine suggesting colorstretching for perspective control over optical correction. The absolute state of this board.
