Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/02/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I never found shift to be a big deal. Rise ( Kill off too much sky) and tilt ( Near to far focus plane rotating) is what you usually need/use The FlexBody has both, but no (obvious) shift. Using a FlexBody is a bit long winded but very rewarding to get the near/far items both in focus. Frank Filippone Red735i at earthlink.net Eric Owen, a local camera repairer specialising in mechanical > medium format equipment and the inventor of the "Bendy Blad" My friend > is now the owner of the last one ever to be made. I understand that > there are a couple of dozen of these scattered around the world. > This is a Hasselblad Flex body with a custom made attachment that > provides full rise/fall/tilt/shift etc in a body that can be used with > his PhaseOne digital back! So really a view camera in a tiny package.