Don Libby
Well-known member
This just reinforces the notion of using the proper tool for the application. If you need rise/fall tilt/shift and no such lens is available for your camera (XF & 35LS) then you need to either suck it up and try to accomplish what you want/need in post or better yet use the more appropriate tool which would be a tech camera.
I used the same tech camera (a Cambo WRS) for a little over 8-years augmenting with a DF then XF. I sold the Cambo as I found I really had no need for the movements my Rodenstock gave me in a landscape application. I sold the tech camera and brought into the XF lock stock and barrel using the 35LS as my widest and have not regretted. Again this is doing what I do and I caution it may not work for others.
I also have used the DF/XF in shooting wildlife using the 240LS both as a stand alone and with the 2x. Again it works well for what I was doing.
If I wanted or needed movements I'd use a tech camera - just common sense.
I used the same tech camera (a Cambo WRS) for a little over 8-years augmenting with a DF then XF. I sold the Cambo as I found I really had no need for the movements my Rodenstock gave me in a landscape application. I sold the tech camera and brought into the XF lock stock and barrel using the 35LS as my widest and have not regretted. Again this is doing what I do and I caution it may not work for others.
I also have used the DF/XF in shooting wildlife using the 240LS both as a stand alone and with the 2x. Again it works well for what I was doing.
If I wanted or needed movements I'd use a tech camera - just common sense.