Cheap tilt lens Olympus OM alternative for landscape use

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When I was still using the Nex 7 I bought from China a simple tilt adapter. It is nowhere as refined as a proper tilt lens (for one it lacks a lock for the rotation) but it did the job quite nicely for a fraction of the price (I paid for mine 25$, now they sell for 50$).

 

Supposedly it shouldn't work on full frame, but out of curiosity I tried it anyway on the A7r. Surprise: it works flawlessly (and zero light leaks, BTW)!

 

For now I shot a few frames with the 24/2.8, the 35/2.8 shift, the 50/1.8 and the 135/3.5. No vignetting or corner problems with any of them so far.

 

To see the adapter I'm talking about, and another alternative one, you can check one old post of mine:

 

http://www.addicted2light.com/2014/10/17/adapters-for-a-cheap-pro-tilt-shift-lens/

 

In a couple of months I'll write a more comprehensive report of how well (or not) these solution works in landscape photography, so stay tuned (or subscribe via RSS or Facebook).

 

For the moment I'll leave you with a couple one crop (I don't seem to be able to upload the other one for some motive), just to wet your appetite.

 

A good weekend to everyone!

 

 

All images shot with the 24mm f/2.8

 

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Unsharpened if not for the standard amount applied by Photoshop. Please keep in mind that there was an extremely strong wind, so much so that in more than one occasion I had troubles standing up, so the sharpness may have suffered a bit (it topped my heavy tripod a couple times as well, even with the legs dipped into the snow!).