35mm-Format Tilt-Shift Lenses adapted for Fujifilm GFX100 II/100S/100
Related: Fujifilm, Fujifilm GFX100 II, Fujifilm medium format, Fujifilm mirrorless, medium format, shift lens, tilt shift
See my reviews of 35mm tilt-shift lenses in DAP.
Certain 35mm tilt-shift lenses may in fact be strong performers on Fujifilm medium format.
Some are no longer available, like the superb Canon TS-E 135mm f/4L Macro but maybe it might pop up at B&H Photo used or elsewhere.
Reader Christoph K writes:
The Canon 17 TSE and 24 TSE II are just average (and the old 24 TSE I, 45 TSE, 90 TSE I are bad) but the newer 50, 90 and 135 TSE are much better
I don’t own one of these because I use Zeiss Hasselblad CF 50f4 FLE, CF 100f3.5, FE 150f2.8, CF 180f4 with Kipon shift adapter for shift in that focal range
As mentioned, for tilt, don’t need an extended image circle, just the 55 mm (or a little bit more) of the GFX, not the 67 mm required for 11 mm shift on 24x36, and within that 55 mm image circle.
The Canon 50/90/ 135 TSE should be really good at let’s say f8 (to avoid too much diffraction effect).
jJst for fun and information enclosed a picture with Sigma Art 135/1.8 at open aperture at infinity on GFX 100. That lens works amazingly well on the GFX (the 40/1.4 Art and the 85/1.4 Art quite as well) with the Fringer EF - GF Pro adapter (incl. AF).
DIGLLOYD: Christoph sent me a fully shifted RAW/RAF file from the Fujifilm GFX50S + Canon EF 50mm f/2.8 Macro Tilt-Shift, which I processed. The results are spectacularly good, though the image did not allow me to assess all the way to the long edge of the frame. From what I see, it should be a strong performer even at 100 megapixels.
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Below, consider that this was shot at f/4 with a 135mm lens. Think about how shallow depth of field is at 135mm—this kind of shot is impossible without tilt.
Canon EOS 5DS R + Canon TS-E 135mm f/4L
[low-res image for bot]
