Whether you are using a Canon or Nikon digital single lens reflex, Horseman now gives you an opportunity to add full bellows functions -- like in a medium or large format view camera. The Horseman LD comes in two models that accept Nikon or Canon DSLR bodies, maintaining all their normal functions. Up front, you can attach any standard medium or large format camera lens (including those with Hasselblad and Mamiya mounts).

Bellows functions are one of the chief attractions of medium and large format photography. Especially in architectural work and industrial product photography, but also in restricted spaces, you can use tilt, swing, shift, fall, rise and any combination of these to change the lens position and angle versus the image plane.
An obvious example is to get an entire object plane into focus even when it is not parallel to the camera's image plane. Think of photos for a cookbook, for instance; you're shooting at an angle but still want the whole dish in focus. Tilt the lens with the bellows and see what happens.
Bellows movements let you avoid, correct -- or deliberately introduce -- image distortions and gives you great new freedom in focusing and image composition."

Lenses

Large-format camera lenses (with focal lengths of 90mm and up)
* Horseman VCC lens unit (80, 105, 135mm)
* Interchangeable lenses with Hasselblad V-system mounts
* Mamiya 645/67^*1 lenses
* Asahi Pentax 645/67 lenses

Bellows adjustments are possible at the front and rear. Swing and center tilt can cover a full 360 degrees^*2 (at the image center). Maximum rise and fall are 30mm in either direction, and shift also comprises up to 30mm either way. By combining rise, fall and shift, images can be "stitched" together for novel effects. As bellows movements are performed by an ultra-precise rack-and-pinion drive, inaccuracies between successive pictures are held to an absolute minimum, making post-editing an easy task.

As the camera is fixed to a revolving mount, you can easily switch between landscape and portrait positions with a single turn of a knob.

Especially in close-up photography, you will find the possibility of re-focusing without using the bellows very attractive. The camera base is mounted on monorail on which it can be moved back and forth by a rack-and-pinion drive. Without moving the tripod, and without in any way changing the bellows extension, the entire camera can be slid along this monorail for re-focusing.

Regarding compatibility and limitations in using DSLRs

Attach to LD USB IEEE1394 Ext. Power Cable Kodak DCS Pro SLR/n 14n Horizontal No*(1)         Vertical No*(1)       Fuji S2 Pro Horizontal OK OK *(2) No   Vertical OK OK OK OK Fuji S3 Pro Horizontal OK OK *(2) No   Vertical OK OK OK OK Kodak DCS Pro SLR/c 14n Horizontal No*(3)         Vertical No*(3)       *(1) Can be attached with using 25mm Extension Ring *(2) Use of Short plug type cable recommended *(3) Can be attached with using 12mm Extension Ring (Mamiya 645 lenses cannot be used at infinity.)

HORSEMAN LD SPECIFICATIONS
Type		View Camera for 35mm Digital SLRs
Material		Die-cast and machined aluminum alloy
Camera mount		Canon EOS mount / Nikon F mount
Focusing		Rack and pinion drive
Lens panel		140mm x 140mm
Rise / fall		30mm+30mm rack and pinion
Lateral shift		30mm+30mm rack and pinion
Swing		360°
Center tilt		360°
Min. frange distance		70mm
Monorail		400mm
Tripod block		Rack and pinion
External dimensions		325mm(12.7")x 245mm(9.6")x 420mm(16.5")
Weight		4.0kg

PRODUCT CODE	PRODUCTS
23141	Horseman LD Camera [Canon EOS Mount]
23142	Horseman LD Camera [Nikon F Mount]
23761	LD SLR Adapter [Canon EOS Mount]
23762	LD SLR Adapter [Nikon F Mount]
·LENS PANELS
23513	14cm Lens Panel (cut out for #0 shutter)
23514	14cm Lens Panel (cut out for #1 shutter)
23515	14cm Lens Panel (cut out for #3 shutter)
23523	14cm Recessed Lens Panel [20mm]
23516	14cm Adapter Lens Panel (for Linhof standard)
23517	14cm Adapter Lens Panel (for Horseman)
23525	LD 14cm Lens Panel [Hasselblad Mount]
23526	LD 14cm Lens Panel [Mamiya 645 Mount]
23527	LD 14cm Lens Panel [Mamiya 67 Mount]
23528	LD 14cm Lens Panel [Pentax 645 Mount]
23529	LD 14cm Lens Panel [Pentax 67 Mount]