tom in mpls
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I don't recall seeing any discussion regarding the ability to use a shift focus lens with an M body. The M has been around for such a long time that perhaps there is a solution.
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Until and unless someone invents some fairly elaborate electronic control widget that can interface with the adapter, there'd be no way to control the aperture on an EOS-mount lens.I don't see Canon EOS listed.
It would defeat the purpose completely. You would have no idea what you are looking at after shifting.One would rely on the distance scale on the lens. It shouldn't be difficult with a wide lens stopped down.
Sorry, but this really doesn't work very well at all. Doing perspective control ... tilts, shifts, swings, etc ... pretty much requires that you see the image being formed by the lens to get any kind of useful results.One would rely on the distance scale on the lens. It shouldn't be difficult with a wide lens stopped down.
Points well taken, thank you; personally I am interested in the shift only, not the tilt function. Using wide angle and small aperture should provide a very deep DOF but, never having tried this, it might be more difficult to succeed than I had assumed. Probably, though, it still makes more sense to get a canon body to use the CZ 35 PC or a Canon TS.Sorry, but this really doesn't work very well at all. Doing perspective control ... tilts, shifts, swings, etc ... pretty much requires that you see the image being formed by the lens to get any kind of useful results.
No, the mount register is way too deep to adapt 35mm SLR lenses to a Leica M+Visoflex setup, never mind that adapting electronic-control lenses like the Canon EOS system lenses is a major problem. I've seen some work done with a Visoflex and Hartblei medium format tilt-shift lens that was good, but it's so much harder to do it this way than to pick up even a cheap Canon body and fit Canon TS lens to it ...Points well taken, thank you; personally I am interested in the shift only, not the tilt function. Using wide angle and small aperture should provide a very deep DOF but, never having tried this, it might be more difficult to succeed than I had assumed. Probably, though, it still makes more sense to get a canon body to use the CZ 35 PC or a Canon TS.
Would a Visoflex work?