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[OM] shift/tilt, anyone?

Subject: [OM] shift/tilt, anyone?
From: Jan Steinman <jans@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 27 Sep 1998 12:27:31 -0700
While concurring in general with the concensus that the Olympus macro
system is outstanding, am I alone in wanting tilt and shift capabilities?

To that end, I've been thinking about performing major surgery on an OM
bellows. I would cut the front and back mounting plates off the focus rail
guides, drill and tap mounting holes in them and the rail guides, and
fabricate a new piece that would attach the two at right angles to their
original orientation.

If I make the new pieces with a slot for the mounting plate screw, this
should give me quite a bit of flexibility in two dimensions. Any thoughts?
Any "that won't work because..." stories to tell? Is the areal coverage of
the OM macro lenses too small for tilt/shift work?

I think I'll try to cobble up some tilt/shift shots on the light bench
using clamps to hold the bellows mounting plates without the focusing rail
before I get close to the metal shop... :-)

Anyone have a beat-up, but functional bellows they would sell cheap for
such a project? Anyone like this idea who has TWO bellows, and would give
me one in exchange for the labor doing such a conversion on the second one?

: Jan Steinman <mailto:jans@xxxxxxxxxxx>
: 19280 Rydman Court, West Linn, OR 97068-1331 USA
: +1.503.635.3229

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