In May 2025

I hope i can get my hands on a Hartblei Shift adapter, that is thick and sturdy - allowing me to rotate the camera in any direction and additionally, shift any Mamiya RZ67 lens up to 12mm to each side.

But it is very expensive at around 16600 SEK incl. 25% tax / $1199 + tax

*cough*cough*

Why adding shift capability ?

It adds the ability for me to stitch images together - emulating a larger sensor. This makes the Mamiya RZ67 lenses more flexible. A normal adapter only uses the sensor of the Fuji GFX with 33x44mm size. The Mamiya RZ67 lenses are in reality sharp rendering lenses for a format of 70x70mm ! The normal adapter only uses a smaller portion from the center of the lenses.

If you can shift the lens, you can widen the view of those lenses, a bit closer to their original image circle. I find that extremely exciting. Also that i really can use lenses from 1987 when i firstly bought the Sekor Z 110/2.8 lens. And still can use it with very high quality and resolution in year 2025.

1987 vs 2025

That is incredibly geeky, and very cool ! For an original Mamiya RZ67 Pro camera lover - it is amazing. Plus that the whole manual handling of everything, from focus to exposure times and aperture... makes it almost feel like working as slow and methodical like in the analog film days.

Very few people use Mamiya RZ67 lenses digitally today...

Also; I know now that their are good performers, even on a digital sensor. (even if they tend to flare more easily than native lenses). That is physics (and in some cases, sloppy made adapters which are not deep dark matte black on the inside, reflecting too much light internally due to the lenses' very large image circle).

Not picture perfect lenses like native Fujifilm GF lenses - but not very far off either. In any case, it is fun, to have such a variation of lenses available, both from the Pentax 6x7 as well Mamiya RZ67 lens system. You become a little bit of an explorer and experimenter. Over time, you figure out which combo suits you better than other.

Three Hartblei adapter versions

There are three versions; To all adapters, a special lens aperture clip is included, which you mount on the aperture-stopdown-lever. on the lens.

1) Straight adapter

This is straight adapter for adapting Mamiya RZ67 lenses to Fujifilm GFX. It has no shift - but allows independent Camera Rotation Rasterized in 90° steps so you can easily rotate the camera when you are on a tripod. Very useful in a portrait photo session without much hassle. (Compared to my solution with the big L-grip and Fotodiox adapter, where I have to remove the camera + grip, every time i want to change between horizontal and vertical position. But at least it allows me to change position - which the Fotodiox adapter normally doesn't allow at all)

This Hartblei adapter costs $699 + tax

Notice the solid screws ! • Now that is real, solid stuff able to hold any heavy Mamiya RZ67 lens !

2) Shift adapter

The second adapter allows you, additionally, shifting any Mamiya RZ67 lens with up to 12mm to the side, into any direction of 360 degrees. It shifts the lens, but keeps the camera in place. (which means, it ain't parallax free). Of course you can rotate the camera body like with the first adapter.

$1199 + tax.

This one, allows you to shift any RZ/RB67 lens in front

3) Parallax-free Shift

the most sophisticated adapter, shown below, instead shifts the CAMERA body which guarantees parallax-free movement with up to 12mm shift into any directions of 360 degrees. (The Vertex adapter for Pentax 67 lenses works a little bit like that albeit in fixed lens positions, but it is the camera that rotates around 360 degrees) In the photo below, which looks a bit weird, because additionally they used the Mamiya Sekor SHIFT Z 75mm ƒ 4.5 lens, which additionally (in itself) can shift with up to 20mm.

The adapter is very expensive.

$ 1500 + tax. *ouch*

Parallax-free Hartblei adapter version, here with Mamiya Sekor SHIFT Z 75/4.5

The ad above, looks just silly.

Because it looks cluttered, complicated and overly large - just because they added the Mamiya SHIFT lens on top of the Hartblei shift adapter. Who does that, anyway... Perhaps because of the price being suddenly 7000 SEK higher compared to the already expensive "normal" shift adapter version.

So, make it look complicated and vast.

Uhm... dude - come on !

It's like the ever lasting attempt to make a cock look bigger than it actually is !

If 20 mm extension isn't enough

All three adapters have a special helicoid focus allowing an extension up to 20mm - in order so you can focus Mamiya RZ67 lenses, which normally can't be focused.

In order to get closer to what the 20mm helicoid extension provides - you can simply add a Mamiya No1 (45mm) or even No2 extension tube (82mm), or even combined - providing macro-like distances (dependent on the the lens' focal length, of course). Those tubes are pretty affordable via eBay / Second hand.

Especially if you use the Mamiya Sekor Z 140/4.5 L-A Macro lens - you can only get true macro with those tubes.

Mamiya RZ67 No 1 and No2 extension tube

Sturdy !

One thing is for sure: all three adapters are MADE for the heavy lenses - including the 1.7 kilo heavy SHIFT lens shown above. No problems there... no phoney weak screws in the tripod foot like it is the case with the Fotodiox RZ/RB GFX adapter. Here they use REAL screws; solid, and sturdy.

Real Russian/Ukrainian craftsmanship instead of China soft alloy screws often used in consumer stuff sold for US and European consumer goods.

Quite the difference.

HASSELBLAD to GFX versions

They also have adapter for Hasselblad to Fujifilm GFX lenses - which are much cheaper in direct comparison - and can shift / rotate !

They are way more more affordable because Hasselblad lenses can be focused, so there is no need for an additional helicoid mechanism. starting at $409 + tax. Quite more affordable. They also have a Parallax Free shift Hasselblad to GFX adapter, which then costs $770 + tax.

Shift adapter for Hasselblad lenses on Fujifilm GFX camera system