Jerry
Received my Tilt adapter today... works like charm. Now I only need some practice to learn to use Tilt focus. Any tips welcome!
nice work ... thanks for the information on that adaptor!
WRT tilt operation, I don't have that adaptor (yet) but looking at where the hinge is I would suggest that you operate it by more or less moving the camera and not the lens. Hold the lens pointing at the subject and tilt the camera.
For instance, if looking down at the ground (say flower field, up close -> to horizon; landscape orientation): focus on middle ground and then tilt the camera so that the hotshoe moves towards you and the base away. This should bring the entire scene into focus even at f2.8
now, easy does it with the tilts and you may need to refocus slightly each application of tilt.
try reading
this:
of particular interest is that if you move the Image Plane (IP in that diagram) the Object Plane becomes oblique (not just parallel lines). In this diagram the film plane is tilted (camera back) and the lens remains constant:
Anyway, it all sounds way more complex to describe than it does to use. Try writing directions for a blind person to make coffee in your house (include locations of all items).
Essentially this enables you to get focus plane control such as this:
note middle ground snow out of the plane but further back as the "focal wedge" widens the grasses become focused