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This high mPix sensor combined with UWA, like the voigtlander 10mm, is just screaming to be used as a virtual shift lens (tilt-shift) Example: The canon 17mm T/S basically has a 10mm angle of view and the photographer is throwing down $2200 just to crop that extreme angle down to 17mm in-camera. I figured if there was an easy to use in-camera framing/cropping controls, you could turn any lens into a virtual shift lens, if you didn't need the whole sensor. Obviously the shifting amount is dependent on how much you're willing to crop, but that would be a user decision. I noticed the Angle Shift add-on for time-lapse allows for framing adjustment, but does anyone know of a way of implementing this feature on stills? I'm well aware of software cropping, but that defeats the purpose of perspective control. I'd also like to know the extent of Sony's SDK to see if I could develop it otherwise. TIA

Hi, Does anyone have experience with adapting Canon or Nikon tilt-shift lenses onto an A7Rii? I am interested to hear experiences and recommendations (e.g. lens/adapter combinations which work well or badly) of anyone who has done this. Andy

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 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!).