for Micro Four Thirds you can get a few adapters to give one or the other function and a couple that give both. There's tilt shift and tilt only mounts for m42 film lenses to MFT and there's tilt adapters, shift adapters and a fotodiox tilt/shift adapter for EF to MFT (although you will need to find a lens with manual aperture as you loose all electronic connections).
These lenses can be useful in avoiding reflections, such as when shooting into a mirror you can keep yourself out of the picture. I had both Nikon shift lenses back in my film days. They came in handy.
@@mattisulanto You welcome, I know the feeling Once i was in Rovaniemi in the winter it was beautiful there but i just couldnt bare the -27 C and strong winds I thought i would never see my home again lol, stay warm friend :)
Depending on the nose of that lens I would bet lens flare could be a problem from time-to-time. The Panasonic 7-14 which is an excellent lens in many ways, has occasional reflections from lights and such that get into the image if you are not careful. It is however, a really excellent lens if you know how to use it. As for tilt shift, IF you shoot really wide, wider than you want to, and pay attention to where the crop would be when you fix it in lightroom, you can get some nice images. As you mentioned, and you are correct, you do not want to be excessively off on the verticals or you won't be able to fix it. I pay attention to being as level and vertical as possible with any wide angel lens, however, if one aims a sufficiently wide angle lens downward a bit and then straightens vertical things in ligttroom one can emphasize the foreground in ways that would not be possible except with a tilt/shift lens, it makes a very nice effect. One can use it to emphasize floors in architectural settings as well. Using wide angle lenses is an art unto itself. (You can even give some people who deserve it a big nose.)
Shift is so usefull with wide angle lenses if you shoot landscapes or architecture. I hope all my lenses from 24mm on (full frame or equivalent) had shift feature. I could use a MFT wide shift too, if there was any.
thanks for the video. very helpful for me to understand the shift lens. About 15mm super wide angle, i personally think it's not really a good lens for architecture. Because it doesn't give a real feeling of the space. i take picture for my interior projects. If the situation allows, i try to stay around 30-35mm. the maximum i could go with the 8-18mm micro 4/3 is 20-24mm equivalent full frame, under 24mm, it's not anymore a honest presentation of the project. The solution of using Shift lens for panoramic picture is great for very tall or large building (i could love to try, but with a 30mm shift lens).
@@mattisulanto anyway, 15 shift lens without distortion, that's really crazy. Making a video in a church with it then crop a little bit the very deformed part around the edges. wow everything will be in the video (who care about the perspective ;° just wow :)
Thank you. There is a list of available mounts in the video at 0:44 and the lens I had for a review was for the L mount, which can't be adapted to MFT. You might be able to use the Canon EF version on the G9 with Viltrox.
Nice lens. Would love to see some shift lenses for mft too, or the camera tilting the sensor to correct 🤔. With todays ibis this should be feasible with reducing the ibis directions by one axis
I can't subscribe because I already am, -20°C here too buddy , cheers from an Olympus owner in Canada, you're my favorite Lumix reviewer :) ( I had panasonic gear before, might go back, you never know) Thanks for another great review , post processing can't fix everything
Very interesting 👍👍👍 and, I agree with you: you can't correct keystoning in post only in a very small way. I m not using LR, I use C1, but that's in this case really the same. Thks klaus
Back in the days, I considered buying a technical camera just for the tilt/shift options. But it never happened. I still wonder how my photography would have developed with that gear.
That kind of camera is much more versatile than a tilt/shift lens, but also much more cumbersome to use. I used a 4x5 monorail camera a lot in the 80s and 90s for all kinds of commercial work.
I wouldn't call 15mm super wide angle in MFT terms. This is true for FF. While 15mm seems to be the shortest available focal length it is too narrow for typical architectural shots. As you stated, the Canon TS lens is 17mm. If we had a TS lens for MFT with somewhere in the 8 - 10mm region.
Be careful, there is an error in this video. Your lens should be attached to the tripod and when you pan your camera should move, not your lens. If you move your lens, you change the point of view and therefore, you will not be able to match the different images to make your panorama. In your video, you can do it because your subject is far away, but if you had an object in the foreground, you wouldn't be able to stitch your images together. Laowa took out an accessory to attach the lens to the tripod.
@@mattisulanto hello. I want to buy a lens. I a have not so many money so I have a question. I must buy a lens supoort adapter buy or lightroom will take it correck help. So I don't understand the ca. 170 usd lens support adapter us a luxus, or must. Sorry for my lenguages.
@@szanszan1 If you'd like to make panoramic photos, or other stitched photos, correctly you'd benefit from the adapter. If you shoot other photos the adapter is not necessary.
The panorama result is superb!
Thanks.
I got my Laowa 15mm shift EF-mount a week ago and use it on the Fuji GFX 50r, useable until 8mm of shift !!!! Awesome lens, i love it!
Thanks for sharing.
for Micro Four Thirds you can get a few adapters to give one or the other function and a couple that give both. There's tilt shift and tilt only mounts for m42 film lenses to MFT and there's tilt adapters, shift adapters and a fotodiox tilt/shift adapter for EF to MFT (although you will need to find a lens with manual aperture as you loose all electronic connections).
These lenses can be useful in avoiding reflections, such as when shooting into a mirror you can keep yourself out of the picture. I had both Nikon shift lenses back in my film days. They came in handy.
Yes, absolutely. Shift feature is very handy in so many ways.
I got my Laowa 15mm shift F-mount a week ago. Love it!
Fantastic review, thank you so much..!!
Glad you enjoyed it!
GREAT DEMONSTRATION CHEERS .
Thanks.
I did not know that existed, I feel a bit smarter today thanks to you !
Thanks. If I made you a bit smarter then that makes my day😀
Good morning Mati from raining Charleston south carolina , great review this morning
Thank you so much. I'd rather have some rain than -15C😀
@@mattisulanto You welcome, I know the feeling Once i was in Rovaniemi in the winter it was beautiful there but i just couldnt bare the -27 C and strong winds I thought i would never see my home again lol, stay warm friend :)
@@pavlosspyropoulos8420 What did you do in Rovaniemi?😀
@@mattisulanto I took my kid when he was young to see santa claus from the states back in 2001
@@pavlosspyropoulos8420 Wow, what a trip❄️
Thank you for another excellent review!
Thank you.
Depending on the nose of that lens I would bet lens flare could be a problem from time-to-time. The Panasonic 7-14 which is an excellent lens in many ways, has occasional reflections from lights and such that get into the image if you are not careful. It is however, a really excellent lens if you know how to use it. As for tilt shift, IF you shoot really wide, wider than you want to, and pay attention to where the crop would be when you fix it in lightroom, you can get some nice images. As you mentioned, and you are correct, you do not want to be excessively off on the verticals or you won't be able to fix it. I pay attention to being as level and vertical as possible with any wide angel lens, however, if one aims a sufficiently wide angle lens downward a bit and then straightens vertical things in ligttroom one can emphasize the foreground in ways that would not be possible except with a tilt/shift lens, it makes a very nice effect. One can use it to emphasize floors in architectural settings as well. Using wide angle lenses is an art unto itself. (You can even give some people who deserve it a big nose.)
Nice review as always. Congratulations! I have the same issues with all my metal case lenses. In winter are a pain to use.
Thanks.
Shift is so usefull with wide angle lenses if you shoot landscapes or architecture. I hope all my lenses from 24mm on (full frame or equivalent) had shift feature. I could use a MFT wide shift too, if there was any.
That is useful for some work. Unfortunately there is no MFT shift lens.
@@mattisulanto I think some adapters exist but adapting something like a ff lens has a problem like no 8mm lenses on my other cameras.
thanks for the video. very helpful for me to understand the shift lens. About 15mm super wide angle, i personally think it's not really a good lens for architecture. Because it doesn't give a real feeling of the space. i take picture for my interior projects. If the situation allows, i try to stay around 30-35mm. the maximum i could go with the 8-18mm micro 4/3 is 20-24mm equivalent full frame, under 24mm, it's not anymore a honest presentation of the project. The solution of using Shift lens for panoramic picture is great for very tall or large building (i could love to try, but with a 30mm shift lens).
Thanks. True, 15mm is really wide and you might want another slightly narrower to accompany that, maybe 28mm or 35mm.
@@mattisulanto anyway, 15 shift lens without distortion, that's really crazy. Making a video in a church with it then crop a little bit the very deformed part around the edges. wow everything will be in the video (who care about the perspective ;° just wow :)
Nice video thanks!. Do you try this lens on g9 with viltrox adapter? Could be done?
Thank you. There is a list of available mounts in the video at 0:44 and the lens I had for a review was for the L mount, which can't be adapted to MFT. You might be able to use the Canon EF version on the G9 with Viltrox.
Nice lens. Would love to see some shift lenses for mft too, or the camera tilting the sensor to correct 🤔. With todays ibis this should be feasible with reducing the ibis directions by one axis
Thanks. The sensor should be shifting, not tilting and that would require a lens, that has large enough image circle.
I can't subscribe because I already am, -20°C here too buddy , cheers from an Olympus owner in Canada, you're my favorite Lumix reviewer :) ( I had panasonic gear before, might go back, you never know)
Thanks for another great review , post processing can't fix everything
Thanks. One sub per person is enough😀
Very interesting 👍👍👍 and, I agree with you: you can't correct keystoning in post only in a very small way. I m not using LR, I use C1, but that's in this case really the same. Thks klaus
Thanks!
Back in the days, I considered buying a technical camera just for the tilt/shift options. But it never happened. I still wonder how my photography would have developed with that gear.
That kind of camera is much more versatile than a tilt/shift lens, but also much more cumbersome to use. I used a 4x5 monorail camera a lot in the 80s and 90s for all kinds of commercial work.
what adapter are you using for this lens? thanks!
No adapter, it's a native L mount lens. In the video I have listed the available mounts at 0:44
Super great
I wouldn't call 15mm super wide angle in MFT terms. This is true for FF. While 15mm seems to be the shortest available focal length it is too narrow for typical architectural shots. As you stated, the Canon TS lens is 17mm. If we had a TS lens for MFT with somewhere in the 8 - 10mm region.
Of course it's not a super wide for MFT and I did not say that. This is a FF lens and not even available for MFT.
This is a shift lens. Does that mean it does not have a tilt function as compared to conventional tilt-shift lenses?
This is a shift lens, not a tilt-shift. I don't think either can be called conventional or non conventional, they are just different lenses.
@@mattisulanto Thank you. I went to read up. Now I understand the difference between Tilt and Shift. Yes, this is a shift lens. :)
Be careful, there is an error in this video. Your lens should be attached to the tripod and when you pan your camera should move, not your lens. If you move your lens, you change the point of view and therefore, you will not be able to match the different images to make your panorama. In your video, you can do it because your subject is far away, but if you had an object in the foreground, you wouldn't be able to stitch your images together. Laowa took out an accessory to attach the lens to the tripod.
I was careful. I didn't fall even though it was a bit slippery😂 and I chose a distant subject. Thanks for your comment.
@@mattisulanto hello. I want to buy a lens. I a have not so many money so I have a question. I must buy a lens supoort adapter buy or lightroom will take it correck help. So I don't understand the ca. 170 usd lens support adapter us a luxus, or must. Sorry for my lenguages.
@@szanszan1 If you'd like to make panoramic photos, or other stitched photos, correctly you'd benefit from the adapter. If you shoot other photos the adapter is not necessary.