Re: [OM] Olympus shift lens

[M. Royer]

The thing is for that money you could get a large
format system with a 90mm, (or is it 60mm) lens which
is the equivalent of 24mm and a good sturdy Bogen
tripod and have a camera that is far more capable at
architecture from a tripod and still have a couple
hundred left over. What I am saying is that the Oly
solution is nice and portable while Canon is...well...
not. I'll give you an example. I was taking pics in
the Iowa State Capitol Library. I was given a very
special chance to go up the stairs to the fourth floor
and take pics. This floor is normally restricted and I
had only five minutes. I went up there with an OM-4
and 24 shift and got a bunch of great pics of the
enitr library from a birds eye view. If I had the
Canon I wouldn't have been able to do that cause I
wouldn't have been allowed to or wanted to lug a
tripod up three flight of stairs in a minute and a
half and as I have stated earlier handholding the
Canon 24mm is a bitch.

Mark Lloyd

--- "Jeffrey R. Keller" <jeff@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Looks like you could get a new Canon 24 shift and a
> used body
> for the price of the used Zuiko 24 shift. Do you
> know if the tilt can
> be locked? Wouldn't the DOF of a 24mm lens be great
> enough
> that you would never need the tilt?
> 
> I bought a 35 shift after a trip to Yosemite. They
> definitely have
> use with plenty of things besides buildings.
> 
> -jeff


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