[Bhautik] is on version 2 of his tilt-shift lens, and wrote in to share what he has learned. Some aspects of the design on version 1 made it a bit quirky to use. You had to hold the lens in place ...

Typically, camera lenses are essentially straight, rigid barrels full of glass – that's not the case with the tilt/shift lenses, such as the Laowa 55mm f/2.8 tilt-shift 1x macro from Venus optics.