Kipon shift adapter?

[hamish_gill]

I like the idea of mounting my 17mm Tamron sp lens (with nikon adapter) on the nex5n with a bit of shift available to me ... Ive never been able to justify a wide angle t/s lens so this seems a way to get one (all be it with just shift) for less than £100 ...

Has anyone tried one?
Whats the build quality like?
I cant quite work out if I can rotate can anyone confirm? It does mention rotate, but its not 100% clear hat is meant

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/330744570415?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649

 

[Roger Hicks]

Check Zork as well. He does something similar. And it's BEAUTIFULLY made. Dunno about Kipon.

Cheers,

R.

 

[hamish_gill]

Hi Roger, thanks, but I have no idea what/who Zork is 🙂
Can I have some sort of link?

 

[hamish_gill]

.. dont worry, found it 🙂

 

[uhligfd]

I find that in LR4 the vertical control easily manages convergent parallel lines from an unshifted lens as a shift lens would. With the NEX 7 there are enough pixels to not be noticeable at all.

So why the expense and fiddle with a shift lens here, I do not know and do not need or use it any more. My comment refers to shooting RAW of course for best results.

 

[hamish_gill]

For the satisfaction of doing right!
There is something about using a spirit level to get those verticals vertical that just appeals to me ... different strokes and all that ...

Anyway, first impressions of the mount are fairly positive with a few caveats ...
Mainly in the area of the accessibility of the controls


NEX5n with 17mm tamron sp via Kipon shift adapter by Hamish_Gill, on Flickr

Ive gone into more depth on rpf (theres a link on the image on flickr if your really interested)