I've been doing a lot of suburban landscape with the Speed Graphic and a Schneider Angulon 90mm/f6.8. This lens fits perfectly on the SG, but I don't get to have lots of movements and its soft on the edges. So I bought a Fujinon SWD 90mm/f5.6, and to my horror I discovered that it barely fits the SG... I have to unscrew the back element, mount the front element, then remove the ground glass and screw the back element on again.
This, and the inability to do a proper rise, got me thinking... is there a nice kinda-heap field camera setup for a 90mm lens? I won't be using any other lenses with this setup, only the Fujinon SWD 90mm/f5.6. The main camera requirements are that it should have ample rise and some shift, that it should be portable (trying to stay away from monorails but I'm open to the idea if they fold up nicely...) and, if possible, that it should provide some kind of ground glass shading like the SG does. And also kinda cheap (maximum $500 maybe).
Is there such a thing?
And what's with the Shen Hao 45 Shift Field Camera and other similar cameras?
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