Eric
The focal length is the focal length (that is, it'll be an 80mm lens)
because the camera *format* has not changed. Slap the 80mm lens on 4x5
and it's a wide angle, on 6x6 it's normal, and on 35mm it's long. (Note
I didn't say "telephoto" because that's an optical design to shorten the
lens length, not a description of the angle of view.)
A Speed Graphic could be picked up for a fifth of the cost, and probably
have more movement than this contraption. The depth of the camera body
will cause vignetting with movement off-axis. The SLR viewing might be
nice, though somewhat dim with the slow lenses.
I'm a "right tool for the job" person.
Vaughan
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> Eric Pederson wrote:
>
> > Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2001 14:42:44 -0700
> > From: Winsor Crosby <wincros@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ...
> > >http://www.horsemanusa.com/pd_frame032.html
> ...
> > That is very cool. No reason to buy a Canon camera to get a
> > tilt/shift lens. Let me see a $60 for adaptor, $500 for a short 80mm
> > lens(I wonder whether it will focus on infinity) and how much is the
> > bellows attachment?
>
> The main unit costs $1552.50 at B&H. So about the same as a view camera
> normally. Not for economy, but because you would be on location with a
> 35mm SLR or otherwise need to use that film.
> I'm not seriously in the market (I use a 4x5 field camera already), but
> was interested whether anyone has tried this.
> It's also not obvious what the 35mm format equivalent focal length would be
> with, e.g., an 80mm lf lens.
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