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Extension tube with tilt/shift capability

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Joseph S Wisniewski Forum Pro • Posts: 35,461
Tilt/shift lens or an old PB-4 bellows
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nickolas84 wrote:

Are there any options availiable?

It should help both with dof and magnification.

I have a Canon M mount but would be ok buying a used DSLR if hardware is easier to find.

There are tilt/shift lenses in both the Nikon and Canon systems: they're pretty high quality, but not cheap, even on the used market.

You can also find a used Nikon PB-4 bellows that has a tilt/shift front standard. You can use it with a conventional macro lens, an enlarger lens, or a short-mount macro lens such as a Zeiss Luminar or Leitz Photar.

You want to stay with mirrorless: main sensor focusing and low vibration are major assets for macro.

You might also want to read up on "focus stacking". A tilt lens alters the plane of focus, but your subject still has to be relatively flat. Focus stacking truly increases DOF without placing restrictions on the shape of your subject.

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