Experience with Samyang/Rokinon tilt shift on Fuji X

To summarize some things so far and give some indicative pricing.

There are fours ways to get a Tilt/Shift option:

1. Get the Samyang/Rokinon 24mm TS for fuji X.
2. Move to a different FF brand (Canon/Nikon) and buy native TS lenses.
3. Get a FF Tilt/Shift lens and use a dumb adapter to mount it on the fuji.
4. Get a FF wide angle lens and use a TS adapter to mount it on the fuji.

Option 1 - Samyang 24mm TS

The only native mount TS option out there I believe. Fairly narrow though.

- Samyang/Rokinon 24 TS (850,-)

Option 2 - Move to FF brand

This is a clear option and does not need further clarification. It is the most 'serious' option if one wants the best possible quality. It is also the most radical/expensive.

Option 3 - FF TS lens with adapter

Any FF tilt shift should do.
- Canon 24mm TS (2150,-)
- Samyang/Rokinon 24 TS (700,-) (supposedly not very sharp)
- Nikon 19mm TS (3400,-)
- Canon 17mm TS
- Laowa 20mm TS (1400,-)
- Laowa 15mm TS (1300,-)

Any dumb adapter should do (50,-) on a manual aperture controlled lens. Watch out with Canon EF; often there is no aperture ring on the lens! Idem for Nikon G lenses. Otherwise one needs a smart adapter (150,-)

So minimum costs around 750-

Option 4 - FF lens with TS adapter

Fotodiox (170,-_) and Kinon (400,-) are popular options. Needs to be combined with a low distortion wide angle. Advantage is that it is easier to get multiple (wider) focal lengths. Like above: watch out with Canon EF; often there is no aperture ring on the lens! Idem for Nikon G lenses.

Proven working options:

- Samyang 14mm (350,-) (moustache distortion)
- Laowa 12mm (1000,-)
- Laowa 14mm (550,-)
- Irix 15mm (600,-)

Legacy lenses like:
- Nikon AIS 20mm
- Nikon AIS 28mm

So minimum costs around 500,-