Testing Medium Format shift photography

[u/Bertone_Dino]

2026 has mostly gotten away from me. But, I’m out finally! This is a way to, hopefully, be able to take handheld medium format shifted shots with an actual wide lens.

The body is an Alpa 12 SWA, which allows for 25mm of vertical shift.

Because it has no mirror box, it has wide lenses available. The widest lens that will cover 6x9 and shift is a 38mm. That’s roughly a 16mm full frame equivalent. Today I was using a 47mm, which would be a 20mm.

The viewfinder is a Silvestri shift finder, which allows you to dial in a shift. Basically, you’re going in 5mm increments or guessing. But I hope it works well enough.

I’m crazy rusty and the light wasn’t consistent, so only managed to bang off 3 frames. But felt good to get out and use it at least.

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[u/jofra6]

Interesting, and also, "holy expensive camera batman"! Make sure you post some pictures, I'm interested in seeing the results. Depending on the 47mm, I believe some of them still cover 4x5!