Hulcherama register addendum

[Willem-Jan Markerink <w.j.markerink@xxxxx>]

Mmm....I have been measuring my TS-E 24mm....for those not familiar
with it, the rear part of the housing (not the lens or any optical
part of it!) can be switched 90 degree by removing 4 screws, to
allow tilt and shift either in-line, or perpendicular (factory
setting is perpendicular).
After those 4 screws are removed (Canon tells you to send it to their 
Service Department, but it is really a piece of cake), the rear part 
(including lens mount) is only attached to the rest by a flat 
data cable....and guess what, the rear part is 21mm deep, measured from 
mount-flange to mating surface.
All it takes is a lens mount with the same 4 screw holes, and the 
entire lens sits 21mm deeper all at once. Add 1-2mm for correct 
focus, and the game can start....:-))

Okay, okay, that flat cable has to be taken care off....sad 
side-effect is that one can't control the aperture without having 
access to (and mount the lens on) an EOS camera....but a 'hot swap' 
will keep the aperture fixed on its latest setting.

Nothing a stubborn soul couldn't solve....:-))





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Bye,

Willem-Jan Markerink


      The desire to understand 
is sometimes far less intelligent than
     the inability to understand


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