So you just bought your nice new 24mm (let’s pretend) $1800-ish PC-E lense and you’re all like, “The manual says I have to send it in to get tilt and shift on the same axis?!”

But you’ve got no time and a pair of:

PC-E Tilt/Shift Axis Change

And you’re all like, “Whatever, I do what I want!” Well, just 4 screws and a 90′ twist and you can conveniently do it at home– MotifNation shows you how!

In fact, it looks so easy, you might wonder why Nikon didn’t make it possible to do on the fly without removing the screws.

Some comments by people who’ve done this here. The screwdriver has been reported to be a Phillips #000 and you might want to use some less-adhesive loctite before you put the screws back if you intend to keep it that way.

It reportedly costs $126 to have Nikon perform the same process.

I’ve been looking at getting a PC-E lens recently and they’ve been a bitch to find in stock.

Nikon tends to make the more advanced lenses in small batches- so when you see them, you want to JUMP on them (or wait 3-6 months sometimes- good luck finding a 200mm f/2, for example).

But right now, BHPhotoVideo (one of the few very reputable, large resellers) has the 85mm in stock for $1,739.95.

If you like this site, and you’d like to buy one and throw me a couple of bucks, do me a favor and click on the this picture below, then buy it and I’ll get a tiny cut:

If you don’t want the 85mm (I’m looking at the 24mm), then Calumet Photo (also reputable, but I prefer B&H and their lower prices and better service) has the 24mm for $1,899.99  and the 85mm for $1,949.99. They’re both currently in stock (according to their system) but it’ll cost you more than you’d pay at B&H. The 45mm is marked as out of stock.