This revolutionary product is a tilt shift adapter that can serve as a crucial addition to Hasselblad users. The HTS 1.5 is designed for use with the HCD28mm, HC35mm, HC50mm, HC80mm and the HC100mm lenses. This essentially adds five new lenses to your existing Hasselblad lens lineup.
The use of extension tubes (H13, H26 or H52) further adds to the HTS 1.5 can further be used for close up, macro, work.
On a view camera, the lens and camera back are connected by a bellows, and many view cameras allow a considerable range of adjustment of both the lens and the camera back, so the tilt and shift movements are inherent in the camera. This isn't the case for small or medium format cameras however. That is where the tilt-shift (aka perspective control) lenses come into play.
The TILT functionality is used to change the plane of focus. What this does is tilt the focal plane so that it is on the same plane as your subject. Skyscraper windows remain in focus from close to far and landscapes take on an endless DOF. Check this out for further reading.
The SHIFT functionality moves the lens up, down, left or right from the central position to expand the diameter of the projected image circle at the film plane. With a normal lens, a photograph of a skyscraper gives a narrowing effect at the top. Incorporating the shift feature, one can literally shift the the lens so that it is parallel to the image plane and allows the line of sight to be changed while keeping the image plane (i.e. focus) parallel to the subject. Now the skyscraper appears straight and true from top to bottom.
This HTS 1.5 is especially useful for architectural and nature/landscape photographers. Wedding and portrait photographers can even use it to create some amazingly unique portraits.
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