tilt-shift?

[mrb]

Tilt-shift and perspective control lenses for SLR cameras are available, if not widely so. Olympus, Nikon and Canon make them (or made them, in the case of Olympus). Does anyone around here know if there is such a beast in the 35mm rangefinder world?

[sam_m]

??? ummmm...? is this a joke?

[rxmd]

Tilt-shift and perspective control lenses for SLR cameras are available, if not widely so. Olympus, Nikon and Canon make them (or made them, in the case of Olympus). Does anyone around here know if there is such a beast in the 35mm rangefinder world?
It doesn't make any sense because you don't see what you're photographing. It is possible to use SLR lenses with adapters, theoretically at least, but it still doesn't make any sense.

[Philippe D.]

One day, a guy had the same idea as you. Then, as he couldn't get any such lens for his rangefinder camera to buy, he converted himself a Leitz Elmar 50mm into a shift lens. Like this:

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After he noticed the uselessness of this device, he tried to sell it on the bay, or he hang himself, we don't know.

:p

[rxmd]

In addition, shifting at least can be done much more comfortably on the computer nowadays (take a look at Panorama Tools (http://wiki.panotools.org/Perspective_correction) and some (http://hugin.sourceforge.net/tutorials/perspective/en.shtml) tutorials (http://hugin.sourceforge.net/tutorials/architectural/en.shtml) for Hugin (http://hugin.sf.net/) for how it is done).

Tilting can't, but composition using a tilt lens tends to be a lengthy process involving tripods anyway, so the advantages of a rangefinder are exactly zero in this respect.

[wyk_penguin]

One day, a guy had the same idea as you. Then, as he couldn't get any such lens for his rangefinder camera to buy, he converted himself a Leitz Elmar 50mm into a shift lens. Like this:

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After he noticed the uselessness of this device, he tried to sell it on the bay, or he hang himself, we don't know.

:p

Maybe one could follow that train of thought and make a Leica with a ground glass back as well.

[pvenables]

I remember seeing a modified 35mm PC-Nikkor in one of Roger Hicks and Frances Schultz's books that she used on M-mount cameras. Doesn't tilt, though. Would have thought it would be relatively easy to guesstimate the degree of shift.

Paul

[nickdando]

The closest equivalent of a range-finder camera with a shift facility, that I can think of, is the large-format Silvestri.

Nick