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Experience with Samyang/Rokinon tilt shift on Fuji X

Started 5 months ago | Questions thread
Tim van der Leeuw Senior Member • Posts: 1,364
Re: Experience with Samyang/Rokinon tilt shift on Fuji X

michaeladawson wrote:

Tim van der Leeuw wrote:

There may be some very good all-manual medium format lenses available with a large image circle, and a matching version of the Fotodiox adapter.

For sure there are some good medium format lenses out there. The issue is that you will be limited to longer focal lengths that will limit where you can use the lens on APS-C. Older medium format lenses are going to be longer than 30mm.

Newer medium format lenses may go as wide as 20 to 24mm. But they will be very expensive. At that point a used Nikon 19mm T/S with dumb adapter would probably be cheaper.

That's true, very good point, I didn't think about that. When I was investigating the Fotodiox T/S adapter myself I was primarily looking at lenses with a somewhat longer focal length indeed, although hoping to have flexibility in focal lengths (and when using shift for panoramas, having a bit more flexibility in what focal length to use).

In the end I did not yet buy anything though and it might indeed be best to try with one of FF mounts.

Aperture control is the issue though: I do have a couple of Canon EF mount lenses, but with electronic aperture control. So I'd still need to buy some good glass with manual aperture control.

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