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Re: [OM] perspective control lenses

Subject: Re: [OM] perspective control lenses
From: Chris Barker <cmib@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 24 Oct 1998 18:19:38 +0100
In the November edition of Photo Technique (UK) there is a brief piece on a
new product called "Free Eye", an adaptor which fits between the lens and
the body to allow "lens shift and rising front".  The putative vendor is:
Giancarlo Gardin, PiVA, 11108300150, Piazza de Lellis, 1-20124 Milan,
Italy.  The address does not look right, but perhaps our Italian friends
can make sense of it.

There was no mention of the range of fittings.

The photo of the adaptor is small, but it looks like a large black ring
with brass fittings which would be about twice the diameter of a standard
lens.  Looks like a good idea for those who want to make a shift system of
any lens - if only it were made for OMs (or even with a T2 mount??)

Chris

>
>The range of movement, however, is less than that from a view camera.
>Nor do you have all the other view camera movements (such as tilting the
>back and lens board to increase depth of field). The 24mm Zuiko shift
>costs almost $1800. If you often take architectural photos, you'd be
>better off putting that money towards a view camera and lenses. You can
>get a decent view camera for around $1000, and a lens with sufficient
>coverage costs around $600, so a view-camera outfit wouldn't cost much
>more than the Zuiko. And you'd be adding a whole new format to your
>photographic aresenal.

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