Large Format Digital Photography

ProfHankD wrote:

AudiiDudii wrote:

To that end, I modified a Toyo VX23D to accept an A7R on the back and various medium and 35mm-format lenses on the front.

Very impressive rig!

Thanks!  It works very well for what I need it to do, but I do wish it was a bit smaller and lighter at times.

Apologies to Duke Ellington on my post title, but the problem I run into is that really big movements end up partially vignetting on the mouth of the FE mount. Any issues for you? Of course, it's much less of a problem on APS-C E-mount sensors.

Because I'm typically using shorter lenses (i.e., 16 mm to 50 mm, max), the amounts of tilt and swing I use are fairly small, hence I've never noticed any issues with vignetting.

Incidentally, the Nikon Z models should work much better for extreme tilt/shift.

True, but in my experience, BSI sensors don't seem to perform as well in the deep, dark shadow areas, all other things being equal.  I have also learned there's no substitute for real-world experience when it comes to evaluating the suitability of camera bodies and lenses for the type of photography I do, as I'm not aware of any reviewer who uses their cameras quite the same way I use mine.

Also, even if the Nikon Z7 does perform better overall than my A7R, the depth of its grip is problematic, as it's nearly 14 mm deeper than the A7R's grip, which will require me to significantly reconfigure my collection of FrankenKameras to accommodate it.