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Equipment & Techniques => Medium Format / Film / Digital Backs – and Large Sensor Photography => Topic started by: TuomasU on August 08, 2017, 04:15:45 am

Title: HARTBLEI 45mm Super Rotator TS (new version) and IQ160+P1 XF
Post by: TuomasU on August 08, 2017, 04:15:45 am

Hi,

I have searched for some older conversations on this topic but didn't find recent information. Does anyone have experience / example images to show on this combination: HARTBLEI 45mm Super Rotator TS (new version) and IQ160+PhaseOne XF

I would also be interested in any comparioson to Mamiya 645 50mm f/4 Shift with the same camera set up.

Thank you,
Tuomas Uusheimo

Title: Re: HARTBLEI 45mm Super Rotator TS (new version) and IQ160+P1 XF
Post by: TheDocAUS on August 09, 2017, 05:05:37 am

I have used it on a Pentax 645Z with success. It is good for landscape, nature shots and the like but not so much for technical work, like architecture. There is a thread on it over at Pentax Forums here (https://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/48-pentax-medium-format/273881-645-tilt-shift.html).

This is because the "45mm has a very strong field curvature as it is a superwideangle lens capable to draw an image circle at 45mm large enough for even 6x9cm." So fine for landscape less so for technical work.