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Experience with Samyang/Rokinon tilt shift on Fuji X

Started 5 months ago | Questions thread
michaeladawson Forum Pro • Posts: 18,315
Re: One example photo

Sjeupie wrote:

michaeladawson wrote:

Here is one example of an image taken using shift using the Kipon tilt-shift adapter for Nikon F mount lenses. ... .... However, Nikon's is only 19mm, the Canon is a little better at 17mm. For APS-C you sometimes need a wider lens.

Idem to you; a very elaborated and helpful addition to this thread.
The moustache distortion is indeed evident as soon as you pointed it out. A shame.

Is there a specific reason people tend to go for the Nikon mount rather than Canon EF f.e.?

Are you talking about the adapter or the dedicated tilt/shift lenses?

In my own case I happen to be a Nikon shooter with Nikon lenses.  So the Nikon mount adapter makes sense.  If I had no full frame gear at all I don't know which adapter I would pick.  I think the Nikon mount may make sense because there is a lot of Nikon manual focus gear out there with aperture rings.

If I was a Fujifilm owner exclusively, but wanted to buy a dedicated t/s lens I might go the Canon route.  The 17mm is wider, which is slightly better for APS-C.  Overall, the Canon t/s offerings were historically better than Nikon.  It wasn't until the Nikon 19mm that they finally decoupled the axes for tilt and shift.  The 19mm is a beauty of a lens.

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