[Hi to everybody, I was considering to buy a flexbody but is it worth it using with the CF40mm lens? The use of a flexbody in Macro could be fine, but for architecture photographies does it worth it the buy? I'm afraid is better to buy a large format camera. Any suggestions are wellcome Greetings from Rome to all]
I don't think you get much shift with the 40mm Distagon. It may be less than 5mm. Not the best solution for architecture.
The solution that I use is the 40mm Distagon with the PC Mutar 1.4x. While true that the end result is 56mm, you do get 15mm of shift in either direction. If that doesn't work, then perhaps you should look at the view camera solution.
Larry