That's right. I have a bee in my bonnet, as my wife would call it. I've been studying Bjorn's converted Nikkor 28mm Shift to T/S for some time now. Are any of you up for the challenge? I have a small bellow that is actually a hood that is adjustable from 28mm to 85mm. So far I've mounted a K1 and K2 to the bellows. What would be your next step? I need the bellows to tilt, and I need a lens most likely on a board too mounted on the front of the bellows. Here is a pic of the bellows on my D200:
The problem with this is that the tilt is stuck in portrait orientation. Adding more tubes would make it so that the orientation can be changed. I'm sure there are other problems to consider, so let me hear about them. BTW, I have the Canon FD 35 T/S converted to F mount, so this is more of an experiment and adventure to see what can be done-and to figure out Bjorn's 28mm T/S. Oh, yes, we don't need to be limited to 28mm. Wider or not is fine.
I built one by ordering parts for a Mirex Mamiya T&S adapter. The fact that it came pre-assembled made it even easier. You can't use 35mm camera lenses on it, but the Mamiya 645 (and other brands including Hasselblad with adapters) are of high quality, relatively low price, and they have huge image circles, so you can get a lot more movement with less vignetting.
The problem with this approach is the mirror box of the DSLR.
If you really want to go this route, based on your lens hood, you probably have a 4x5, so there are adapters for the 4x5 available on E-Bay that will let you mount your D200 on the back of the 4x5.
Just search for Nikon 4x5 adapter on ebay and you will find them:
There are two problems with this approach, even a wide 80mm on a 4x5 is still a short tele on the D200 and the mirror cadge tends to get in the way of tilt-shift operations.
A better solution is the Nikon 85mm TS.
If you need to go wider, some 3rd partis will convert a Canon TS to a Nikon mount.
Then if you need to go cheaper, there are the Super-Rotator TS lenses with the Nikon mount. Just search for Super-Rotator to find them.
As you have a Nikon mount camera, you might want to take a look at the Nikon PB-4 bellows. The PB-4 has tilt and shift built in, for Rise/Fall you have to turn the bellows 90 degrees on the tripod. I forget what focal length lens will limit the infinity focus, but that would be the main disadvantage.
Actually, I'm going to do a similar project when time allows, I receintly aquired a Canon FL mount 19mm lens, took it apart and think I might be able to mount it on the PB-4 in such a way giving it enough backfocus to make a 19mm T/S, or looking into mounting it on a MF to EOS shift adapter, as with the 19mm I will only need shift.
Mostly looking at this as a wide angle shift lens for a 20D, but who knows - I might be able to get a few mm shift out of it on a 5D also!
That link is the same one that started me down the path that ended up at Hartblei. I was considering taking that approach and KNEW I would never get around to it. So I took the easy (and more expensive) way out.
That link is the same one that started me down the path that ended up at Hartblei. I was considering taking that approach and KNEW I would never get around to it. So I took the easy (and more expensive) way out.
I saw that when I was looking at a Hartblei on B&S, and ended up with the Hartblei 80 2.8 instead Now I want a 45
I got the Super Rotator 45/3.5 in Pentax 645 mount (adapted to EOS). Heck of a piece of engineering. It took me about 10 minutes of fiddling with it to figure all the movements out. Great lens for the price no doubt.
