Focal length: 35mm shift
Mount: M42
Min focus distance: 1m at F 22 (fixfocus)
Aperture: F 11 or F 22
Length (from flange): 16mm
Diameter: 63mm
Weight: 35gr.
Some pictures:
A7 and the lens in neutral position.
Shifted sidewards.
Shifted down.
Sample pictures, F22
unless indicated. You may click
on the sample image for full resolution. The
full resolution image opens in a new window, so you can keep it open
for comparison.
Lens in neutral
position, unshifted.
Shifted upwards. There may be a hint of vignetting.
Lens in neutral
position, unshifted. F11.
Lens in neutral
position, unshifted. F 22. The difference to F11 in sharpness towards
infinity is easily visible.
Lens
shifted down
Lens
shifted up.
Lens shifted left.
Lens shifted right.
Lens shifted up and left.
This
is a cheap plastic shift lens (PC = perspective control). You can
buy the lens adapted to several standard mounts, I chose M42 for an
easy adaption to my camera. The lens can be shifted 3.5mm off axis in
any direction for perspective control. It's based on a 3-element F 5.6
plastic lens with only 2 apertures: F 11 and F 22. So this is a very
slow lens. There is no
focusing, it covers 1.5m - ∞ at F11 and 1m - ∞ at F 22. It covers full
format nearly without vignetting. It has some colour cast at the edges.
It can of course not compete with an ordinary shift lens, which is very
expensive. But you can play with perspective control and its limits
before you invest into a real lens. Quite some fun to try out and see
the effects of shifting for very little money.
