Focusing a Tilt Shift lens with this ULTIMATE studio camera

[@TinHouseStudioUK]

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[@tiagodejesus2633]

Dude this is properly genius, the first photography video in a very, very long time that Ive actually learned something genuinly new

[@lefthandright01]

Tears of joy explaining the frustrations of focus stacking. When it works, its a joy..when it usually doesn't, there is pixel level aberrations that once you see them, you cant unsee them.

[@BasBerkhuijsen]

Bedankt

[@andrefelixstudio2833]

I remember doing all this with a 4x5 film setup, shooting products as a whole different ball game!

[@chrisogrady28]

I've just got into adapting medium format lenses onto FF after your inspiration. Only using a fairy basic tilt shift adapter instead of a Cambo for now though. It still allows 10 degrees of tilt and 20mm of shift, it's just much finnickier to fine adjust without dials. I've picked up a gorgeous Pentax 6x7 100mm f/4 Macro lens that's like new, even just using such beautiful glass on a new camera makes the process much more enjoyable!

[@cmcoto]

Hello @chrisogrady28 what adapter are you using? I'm trying to build a poor man's system for myself to try this out. Was thinking on using a Nikon Bellows PB-4 to try it out, but would like to know what you're using...?

[@filippomariazonta]

Thanks for sharing the focusing procedure with the front tilt movement. It's the same experience that I have with front tilt but for me it's not working in the field with natural and textured subjects: after tilting the lens, a refocus is needed, than another front-tilt is needed and another refocus, and then the loop continues. For closeups this loop is often not converging and it's needed an algorithm for guessing the correct tilt direction. For many subjects it's impossibile to refocus exactly in the same point (at 100% at high res) and this is another big issue. I found instead the the BACK movements are much more efficient. When they are YAW-FREE they allow a sort of "auto-focus" for view cameras (only 2 steps, not loop required). Unfortunately, Cambo did not designed the tilt/swing module to be mounted on the back. I hope that a new model will be released in the future with the yaw-free back tilt. In this case, I would like to have the shift movements placed on-top of the rotational guides (and not below), giving the possibility to perform also asymmetric tilt/swing, which means to be able to place the rotation axis near the edge of the frame and allow to select the 2 target focus points on the edge of the frame.

[@douglasbarnes456]

Gotta love a 6x7cm image circle! Good stuff, Scott

[@Popa_Bogdan_Light_Drawing]

Thank you, I love your cat painting from the left upper corner 😻

[@matthewwilkinson5550]

Hi, I have the same combo however I use my 90mm rodenstock I had on my 5x4 camera. After seeing some of you videos I invested in a mamiya 50mm 230.00 of eBay in mint condition. Something to try is If you get an old threaded shutter release, you can cock the the lens put it t mode fire the lens, then it is open which allows you to use the the aperture with out the need for the tape. Might help.

[@motorvelo]

With the old Sinatra P that I used to use the degree of tilt/shift and suggested aperture to cover the depth of field were all on the camera so no guess work.

[@farzinfarhang]

That was fantastic.. You've may been asked this question many times before but I believe you're using a tilt/shift and head accessories.. Can you kindly give me some hint where can I find something like that for my Nikon camera system please? Highly appreciate it!

[@Xilon86]

Thanks for sharing how it work

[@TinHouseStudioUK]

Not a problem and glad it was interesting.

[@DarinSimmons]

@@TinHouseStudioUK I know it's not about the kit; but, ever since you teased that you were going to do this video back when you talked about your new setup, I've been wondering. Thanks for putting the curiosity to rest.

[@chadkbrignall22]

Incredible, reminds me of a camera Ansel Adams would use!

[@borromine]

Actually, the GFX 50S with swivel adapter for the viewer is probably more bang for buck. Looks like you are using a Mamiya 50mm. Vey nice set up. I bought one for architecture but found set up too slow and cumbersome. Almost as slow as my Arca Swiss 69. Cambo now has rear tilt as well so with a 100S gfx it’s almost a bona fide view camera. I use mostly enlarger lenses and Pentax 645 with this set up. Great for studio. Not really a field camera imho.

[@urbananjar]

Cool kit, looks lots more usable than a new fancy camera body if you are shooting the stuff that you do.

[@cdreyes81]

I really wanted a tilt shift lens. Now i see they make adapters. I really want to pick up one of those fotodiox t/s adapters for my fuji and maybe one that handles a medium format lens.

[@ccudjoe89]

I have a tiltshft adapter which is quite neat. Neverr thought to use it to make any lens a macro lens but now i will test that out!

[@AlejandroGonzalez-AGS]

Incredible Tim…I’m getting the Cambo! Thanks for sharing…nice video - learning a lot. Be safe. Cheers..

[@TinHouseStudioUK]

Thanks, you too!

[@khanscombe619]

Blooming brilliant! I'm on a Nikon F system. What's a ideal starting lens I may already have and starting bits to start trying? I do already have Nikon Bellows units and various bellows and Enlarger lenses (P-105 & P-135 & EL-50 & EL-75) as well as 2 prime Micro (60 & 105).. I got the PC 28mm f3.5 but no tilt, and many more.

[@paulgrosse7631]

If you draw a line through the focal planes of the subject and the film, a line through the lens plane will intersect with the other two where the other two do. The lens plane can be obtained by focusing it normally at infinity and then measuring its focal length from the image plane and putting a mark on the outside of the lens in a white China graph pencil. That way, retrofocal and telefocal lenses are taken into account.

[@pixl8]

This answers everything thank you Scott.

[@carrieannkouri2151]

This was gold. Thank you!

[@ptaf92]

This is mindblowing

[@TinHouseStudioUK]

glad it was of use

[@qualidade28]

Great content!

[@Patrickjoda]

Thanks for the Video, Scott! Would love to know more about your setup tho. What type is that bellow system exactly and which adapters are used in your setup? lovely photos! cheers Patrick

[@TinHouseStudioUK]

No problem! I have videos on the way to explain it all :)

[@brandoncastillo4763]

What lens is attached in the Cambo Actus? And the front part is a lens hood is there any ND filter attached to it or it is just a lens Hood?

[@PrendosNewZealandLimited]

That was awesome.

[@andrewlunn]

Interesting to understand more about your set up and thanks for the demo

[@TinHouseStudioUK]

No worries!

[@midievil]

Great info for those in 2022. This was 1st week in 4x5 still life class back at ArtCenter tho! I see the problem with the back standard not being rackable tho.

[@MrJonndoe]

Thank you, sir 😊

[@alessiovidal]

What a great video Scott. I was following you here and there on different blogs, always great contents. I am trying to create my large format system (I used to work on a Sinar P2 back in 2010) but I can't afford the cost of a Cambo solution atm. It would be great if I could convert an old system (P2 again!) and adapt my Sony camera and lenses

[@petermcneill7950]

What are the bellows on the front for, I'm thinking they work like a movable lens hood?

[@TinHouseStudioUK]

yes you are correct, its a movable lens hood. I think LEE makes a modern version. Great bit of kit

[@petermcneill7950]

Thanking you 🙏

[@JeffBourke]

The aperture blade thing drives me crazy! I wish I can turn it off on mirrorless bodies.

[@Greg.Mika.]

That is just sooo neat! ❤

[@SinaFarhat]

Thanks for the info! :)

[@TinHouseStudioUK]

No problem!

[@-globe]

I have only very recently got my hands on a tilt-shift lens, but your process of focusing with this Cambo Actus seems much easier/quicker (think this is because you can also affect the focus by changing the overall focal length), have you any advice about going through the same process (for us mortals) with a tilt-shift lens?

[@TinHouseStudioUK]

exact same process, but instead of re focusing with bellows, you do it with the lenses focus ring.

[@Rwdphotos]

Focal length doesn’t change. Adjusting tilt changes how the plane of focus lays across the film/sensor plane, and the reason why you need to refocus is because the shape of the field of focus follows the new shape created by the intersections of the film and focus planes. Just have to revisualize the shape of your field of focus.

[@wagz]

Like always, super useful! Thanks mate.

[@doughowell3171]

I have a tilt shift lens and I still have to focus stack almost everyone of my pictures at this time because I'm doing a lot of close-up photographing.

[@TinHouseStudioUK]

yeah we still have to stack sometimes even with this camera if the angles are too hardcore or the distance too close.

[@dirkwetzel6155]

Very well explained! Spot on, sir!

[@massimoconcimedia612]

Hay Scott. The more I see of this setup the more relevant it seems to be for product work. Would it be a purchase someone should consider earlier in their career if they can afford it. Seems as though there are many benefits to it.

[@TinHouseStudioUK]

Yes 100% worth getting onto early.

[@diveaddict6885]

Pc lens are awesome for product photography

[@ruibandeirafotografia]

great video.

[@TinHouseStudioUK]

thanks

[@MariosKarampalis]

Nice video and good explanation but you could say that this technique is based in the Scheimpflug principle. Also you could add that you’re starting with the smallest aperture of your lens ( f4) and when you have the perfect focus you can shoot the final image with a bigger “f” number.

[@TinHouseStudioUK]

Yes thats correct (y)

[@jimpix8019]

@@TinHouseStudioUK Nice video very informative. Sorry to be pedantic but, it’s pronounced ‘Shyme’ floog. Not ‘shim’. Please take this as constructive. So that this small but important detail compliments All of the fine details of your video. (& not detract: as it has done). May the Force be with you.🌀 Jim🌀 (-: :-)

[@bngr_bngr]

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[@Narsuitus]

Is the Mamiya Sekor lens you are using a 645 lens or an RB67 lens?

[@kenmarcou]

Thanks for this video! I kind of have to familiarize totally with this product but will do so on your channel and the Cambo web site for starters. - would you think this could be cross-functional for interior/architecture work? - could this be used for filming interviews to help minimize reflections in glass backgrounds the way tilt/shifts can be used to help with mirror reflections etc? - can canon and canon mount lenses be used with the same success as your mamiya’s?

[@davideo1964]

Could you please tell me if it possible to get the description of this material ? Can you find a tilt shift for an alpha7r2cam?

[@RodrigoCabralPhotographer]

Try to focus right on the middle of the frame and then just tilt until all is in focus (no need to readjust focus and tilt several times)

[@396este]

Hey guys what did he say the lens was attached to the bellows? I couldnt make oht the type he had said. Any help would be much appreciated!

[@396este]

Nvm found it! Mamiya sekor was the brand name. I never knew how to say it o.O

[@areusirius2054]

@@396este is it a 50mm? 90mm?

[@irenedp4947]

A Cambo? and a Phase 120 ts?

[@nathancolbert9627]

What mm lens are you using?

[@Syltibob]

What's the benefit of the mamiya lens compared with a Canon lens. Can you use any lens? Like old manual aperture canons or nikons also? Do you need a special adapter for each brand of lenses?

[@TinHouseStudioUK]

You buy the adapter based on the lens you want to use and Cambo have most big brands. The advantage is that it draws a much bigger image circle. If i used a canon lens we would get vignette at this example or complete loss of image in parts of the frame. It also means when not using it that we are only using the very centre of the image circle so we get the best possible sharpness.

[@Syltibob]

@@TinHouseStudioUK Sweet. Thanx! =)

[@Syltibob]

@@TinHouseStudioUK Follow up question: What model of the Actus is it you have? I looked at their site and all the models are just confusing. I have a 5dsR and some sekorlenses lying around and this would be cool to try in the future.

[@TinHouseStudioUK]

@@Syltibob I honesyly have no idea. I had to talk to someone to find the right kit as I too was confused. Ping them an email and they will send links back with what to order.

[@Syltibob]

@@TinHouseStudioUK haha, sounds fair. 😁

[@AndreaSudati]

Hi, what focal length does the lens have?

[@TinHouseStudioUK]

In this video it is a 90mm that I am using

[@dominiclester3232]

Nice, thanks! Jump to 4 mins if you are impatient.

[@KuboriKikiamShow]

Does focus stacking work best with continuous lighting for more consistency of the exposure per shot?

[@TinHouseStudioUK]

sometimes, but fear not as I have a video on that too.

[@Nathansomething]

I googled mere sequel lenses and didn’t find anything on google

[@BrentCalver]

What I really wanna know is what's in the sandwich at 6:35...

[@ReneKraaijeveld-bi6kk]

The beginners way.... No problem if you have plenty time