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Arax M42-NEX tilt adapter
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Posted: Sat Jan 10, 2026 5:46 pm
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I recently got a tilt adapter from Arax. Basically a M42-NEX adapter with built in tilt. Allows me to mount M42 lenses and do 0-8 degrees of tilt on my Sony E type camera, tilt direction can be rotated in 30 degree clicks. It has the lip to depress aperture pins and works with my Mamiya-Sekor SX lenses.

Have had some fun with it, seems to work well. Slightly expensive, arrived quickly.

Anyone else using one? Smile


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Posted: Sun Jan 11, 2026 2:27 pm
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Not on my Sony, but after playing with a DIY free lensing adpter to get tilt, I used similar adapters on my MFT cameras, where the smaller sensor ensured adequate coverage.
Here's one of my early experiments with it
Witby Footpath tilted by Mike Kanssen, on Flickr

The first tilt adapter I got, had the rear portion jamb on my camera & had to be stripped betore sufficent grip on the rear of the adapter could be achieved to dismount it .

Here's the DIY version
DIY tilt/shift 3 by Mike Kanssen, on Flickr

Now I'll break out my large format camera when I wan't to play with movements Smile
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