I bought a Kipon tilt-shift so I can use my old Nikon lenses on my Fuji X-T10. It seems the old lenses work better than I expected.
In the next post I will attach two pictures (damn forum software won't allow me to attach in this post), the first is shot with a 53 year old Nikon 50mm f/1.4 NIKKOR-S Auto lens used a tilt shift lens.
The second is Fujifilm XF 55-200mm zoom lens, focus stacked.
Both were shot at f/5.6.
The Nikkor is neck to neck to the Fuji (even better in some areas), even though it starts at a severe disadvantage. It's only 50mm (vs 55), so I had to enlarge and stretch the Nikon image. Also, the Nikkor is used with tilt, which further reduces performance somewhat.
Not bad for a lens manufactured before we went to the moon.
In fact I think the Nikkor should perform even better than this example. This was focused and tilted using measurements and calculations, not by focusing on live view (I am having trouble with that, I'll post in another thread). I measured the distances in the scene, and computed the necessary tilt, then focused using the scale on the lens.
I am somewhat impressed by this. I bought the tilt-shift just for fun, but it seems it can be used for actual work. Yes, I am comparing a zoom with a prime, but it's what I have lying around. This is not a scientific test, I just like playing with old lenses.
The Fuji lens has far more contrast, I had to pump the Nikkor shot pretty hard to get it close.
I'll try with more modern Nikkors. This is fun.