Canon TS-E90mm f/2.8

[jacobsen1]

I was just looking on the lens sample images archive thread (that's a mouthful/fingerful!) and noticed the Canon 90mm TS-E wasn't on the list. I figured I'd start a thread with some samples of what I've done with it.

http://www.newschoolofphotography.com/wp-content/gallery/lenses/75741106.jpg

this is a 19.9mp image from 3 shifted shots stitched together:
http://www.newschoolofphotography.com/wp-content/gallery/lenses/76353239.jpg



Ben

[wimg]

Hi Ben,

Here are some of mine:

http://vandebilt.net/images/pens/etruria02-1.jpg

http://vandebilt.net/images/pens/maj+ink01-2.jpg

http://vandebilt.net/images/pens/imverno04-1.jpg

These are only downsized, with PSP if you want to know, cropped, except the first one, and tilted at most a tiny bit. Notice the highlights in number 1 - drop-dead gorgeous IMO. OK, all with standard settings on the 350D, jpeg only. These little experiments, with just about 300 clicks on the ticker, sold me on digital and dslr for good. :)

For the larger sizes:
http://vandebilt.net/images/pens/etruria02.jpg
http://vandebilt.net/images/pens/inverno04.jpg
http://vandebilt.net/images/pens/maj+ink01.jpg

Sorry, but the last one isn't as sharp as the other two, due to slight misfocus :). Oh, and sorry for the dust and other particles: I never realized these would turn out this sharp. I only saw the dust and hairs once I downloaded the pics to the computer... :)

Kind regards, Wim

P.S.: quit freely copied from my post in the thread on the TS-E 90 and tcons... :)

[jacobsen1]

P.S.: quit freely copied from my post in the thread on the TS-E 90 and tcons... :)
:lol:
I just cross posted mine over there from our discusion there about the TCs and weather I should keep my 45mm or get the 24mm and use it with the TCs...

[cineraceus]

Seeing as there are not many examples here I will upload this one...

Taken at ISO 100, f5.6, with 5D using Neutral picture style. No sharpening either in camera or in Photoshop...

[Ronald S. Jr.]

I thought there was something fishy about that photo, cineraceus! :eek:

Very nice, indeed.

[cineraceus]

Thanks for the kind words :)

Any my son thought that we were buying the chess set for him ;)

[I Simonius]

Seeing as there are not many examples here I will upload this one...

Taken at ISO 100, f5.6, with 5D using Neutral picture style. No sharpening either in camera or in Photoshop...

man that is some serious focal plane control!:)

[jacobsen1]

here are some more 90mm TS-E shots:
http://www.newschoolofphotography.com/wp-content/gallery/lenses/68971752.jpg

http://www.newschoolofphotography.com/wp-content/gallery/lenses/63240371.jpg

http://www.newschoolofphotography.com/wp-content/gallery/lenses/73230704.jpg

[I Simonius]

great shots! but they are a bit too big!;)

[lakiluno]

I was hoping this archive would be full of photos that only a TS could do...

I loved the chess set, and while the other landscapes are good (if over the forum size limits), I have to question how the TS aspect made them better, and how they are different from non-TS photos.

[jacobsen1]

I have to question how the TS aspect made them better, and how they are different from non-TS photos.

Easy, zero parallax error and a stitch that takes seconds. Sure you can get similar shots with a normal lens, but it's much, MUCH easier using the shift method with a TS-E. It's not everyone's solution, but it's the way I prefer to do it.

I was hoping this archive would be full of photos that only a TS could do...

these days thats pretty rare. Pano programs make stitching "easy" with normal shots, even w/o a tripod.
Stacking programs make unlimited DOF possible, and blurring with PS makes limited DOF possible. You can also fix perspectives in PS pretty easy these days.

About the only original reason TS-E exist that still is valid in a PS/digital world is the ability to shoot a mirror w/o the camera's reflection in it. The rest can be done in PS, you just might not get the same quality, still pretty good though. The TS-Es (to me) are all about getting things done in camera instead of in photoshop.

[bizooey]

Great shots by you all. This lens seems to take great shots near or far!

[mellowd]

Seeing as there are not many examples here I will upload this one...

Taken at ISO 100, f5.6, with 5D using Neutral picture style. No sharpening either in camera or in Photoshop...

Brilliant.

[Dylanlewis2000]

Can someone explain, are Tilt and shift lenses like doing Panoramic shots?

[jacobsen1]

when you shift, if gives you different images from the same perspective (if you rotate the camera the perspective changes even if it's in "the same place"). That gives you 2 or 3 shots that will line up almost perfectly (as in layers will work, but photomerge makes them perfect) when you go to make your pano. You won't need to do any warping of the images to get your pano, JUST lining them up.

Unfortunately I don't have any sample pics up anymore before stitching. I'm working on a tutorial though, eventually I'll get to it and post it.

[NZDoug]

I like the pens, Wimg.
Here be a studio catalog shot w/90T+S. :p

[NZDoug]

Cineraceus.
Those chess pawns are nice!
Heres another 90 T+S from "love Hurts" :p 14kb.

[NZDoug]

Heres some free LOVE :D
Dont say I never did anything for you.

[NZDoug]

Heres a little frozen executive with 90T+S with 20mm Kenko tube. :D
f32 with polarizer elibnchrome 500 wih 700mm softbox

[zariio]

http://photo-zona.net/images/user47227/album12335/large/1213984499_miii5292_IMG_0372copy.JPG

[I Simonius]

wow now yer talkin'!:D

[zariio]

http://photo-zona.net/images/user47227/album12335/large/1212608477_ygqf8795__MG_0065a.JPG

[I Simonius]

cool - love the effect!;)

[zariio]

http://photo-zona.net/images/user47227/album12335/large/1216443961_jxsb2731__MG_9030a.JPG

http://photo-zona.net/images/user47227/album12335/large/1217357109_sufi9511_IMG_0613copy.JPG

[sebmour]

http://photo-zona.net/images/user47227/album12335/large/1216443961_jxsb2731__MG_9030a.JPG



This is a great image. Nice capture!

[jacobsen1]

^ +1

even owning these lenses, I love that I can be blow away by someone elses creative use. :)

[zariio]

http://photo-zona.net/images/user47227/album12335/large/1217531972_wunt4947_IMG_0631a.JPG

http://photo-zona.net/images/user47227/album12335/large/1217531973_ubcq2604_IMG_0632copy.JPG


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[Dorman]

Wow great images in this thread, makes me want to go to the TS side....ack!

[Banno]

These are the reason that I want this lens! The way that they trick your mind into thinking that you are looking at something miniature with the narrow plane of focus different from the norm... fantastic examples!

http://photo-zona.net/images/user47227/album12335/large/1216443961_jxsb2731__MG_9030a.JPG

http://photo-zona.net/images/user47227/album12335/large/1217357109_sufi9511_IMG_0613copy.JPG

[nazdravanul]

I would love to see some new samples here, if possible from 1ds3 owners - everyone else is welcomed (: .
I'm really torn about this lens. Color and saturation are my main concerns with this lens (apparently sharpness and resolution are quite ok ), as this are some of the things I appreciate the most in a lens (and digital body, for that matter (: ).

[zariio]

http://photo-zona.net/images/user47227/album15021/large/1220978036_oyph0493_IMG_1098copycopy.jpg

[zariio]

http://photo-zona.net/images/user47227/album15021/large/1223929519_aplo5372_IMG_1338aa.JPG

[zariio]

http://photo-zona.net/images/user47227/album15021/large/1222887450_mbtr1338__MG_8560copy.JPG

[Canonised]

I freelance on contract for watch magazines and brands and here are two images where I used the TSE90mm. While I like the sharpness it brings to a long depth of field, it has a surreal effect making it look a tad unreal.

In both of these two images, the tilt was to compensate for the angle of the dial to the camera sensor plane.

Used together with kenko extension tubes. I do not use it often enough as I want to - probably because of how difficult it is to use for macro work to get the effect I want. But generally as a portrait lens, it works very well either straight on or with tilt effect to provide its known surreal effect.

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y57/cyberlawprof/Watches/SinnRegWallPaper2-1.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y57/cyberlawprof/Watches/SinnRegulator5-1.jpg

[advaitin]

I just got my 90mm TS and have only so far shot a couple of flowers using the tilt feature.

[S.Horton]

I understand with ext tubes this can make a fine macro lens as well.

[zariio]

http://photo-zona.net/images/user47227/album15021/large/1236718121_shev0517_IMG_2306copy.JPG

[I Simonius]

I understand with ext tubes this can make a fine macro lens as well.

Indeed it can!

See Nori Ravi's exposition on exactly that (http://www.noriravi.com/ArticleTSE90);)

[S.Horton]

Cool! He mentions a 2X -- Does this lens take Canon TCs?

[I Simonius]

Cool! He mentions a 2X -- Does this lens take Canon TCs?

yes it does, although perhaps not officially, but it does he gets good results from it. I have tried it with the 1.4TC (havent got the 2xTC) and that works well.

[dynastysmartparts]

http://http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3647/3444649580_5017b389b0_b.jpg

[Colorblinded]

I understand with ext tubes this can make a fine macro lens as well.
I use it that way myself from time to time. Sadly I haven't been shooting a lot lately and both my tilt-shifts are among my more disused lenses at the moment.

I knew they'd be like that when I bought them though, they're not everyday lenses.

[Canonised]

I understand with ext tubes this can make a fine macro lens as well.

Post #34 by me was taken with extension tubes (uncropped images). While I use the 100mm almost exclusively for macro, sometimes the 90TSE with extn tube captures truly remarkable macro images in good colour and depth.

[I Simonius]

Post #34 by me was taken with extension tubes (uncropped images). While I use the 100mm almost exclusively for macro, sometimes the 90TSE with extn tube captures truly remarkable macro images in good colour and depth.

The thing is , with the TS lens you can bring DOF down to a tiny tiny tiny area or expand it to cover the whole image. :D

IMO this really is the advantage of TS-E lenses and hence so ideal for macro work (as already mentioned;))

[dynastysmartparts]

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3647/3444649580_5017b389b0_b.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3397/3443836178_dcf40e70f7_b.jpg

[tiha]

Shift-function can be used for some low angle shots:

http://www.pbase.com/v_tihomir/image/113623836/original.jpg

However, I need to practise more with this.

[S.Horton]

Cool! He mentions a 2X -- Does this lens take Canon TCs?

yes it does, although perhaps not officially, but it does he gets good results from it. I have tried it with the 1.4TC (havent got the 2xTC) and that works well.

That's interesting.

[Chez Wimpy]

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[shaktipalooza]

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[versedmb]

^ - just so cool. Damn I want one of these.

[phaleesy]

Post #34 by me was taken with extension tubes (uncropped images). While I use the 100mm almost exclusively for macro, sometimes the 90TSE with extn tube captures truly remarkable macro images in good colour and depth.

Great pics taken with the 90TS-E, Canonised.:)

I have both the 100mm macro and the 90TSE on my shopping list but don't know which to get first when I walk into B&H in December! Very likely the 100mm macro because it has been recently updated. Would Canon be producing an updated version of the 90TS-E in the next year?

Using extension tubes with the TS would be great fun. Might sound like a silly question to most of you... maybe it's not optically or technically possible... but why does Canon not make tilt-shift lenses with macro function in the first place? :confused:

Many thanks!

[Canonised]

Great pics taken with the 90TS-E, Canonised.:)

I have both the 100mm macro and the 90TSE on my shopping list but don't know which to get first when I walk into B&H in December! Very likely the 100mm macro because it has been recently updated. Would Canon be producing an updated version of the 90TS-E in the next year?

Using extension tubes with the TS would be great fun. Might sound like a silly question to most of you... maybe it's not optically or technically possible... but why does Canon not make tilt-shift lenses with macro function in the first place? :confused:

Many thanks!

Thanks.

I just also acquired the new 100L and enjoying it. Kept the 100macro - just in case. Tough call which to go for first. I like all of them! :-)

As for whether the 90TSE being replaced, only Canon knows. BUT - I doubt the 90mm TSE would be replaced as its optically outstanding. So far, only those that underperforms gets replaced. As its a manual focussing lens, it will not be replaced with new AF or IS models.

Again, no idea why there isnt a TSE macro. Maybe those who are more technically inclined could answer that.

In any case, check out this review of the lens - http://www.the-digital-picture.com/Reviews/Canon-TS-E-90mm-f-2.8-Tilt-Shift-Lens-Review.aspx

[wimg]

Hi Harry,
Thanks.

I just also acquired the new 100L and enjoying it. Kept the 100macro - just in case. Tough call which to go for first. I like all of them! :-)

As for whether the 90TSE being replaced, only Canon knows. BUT - I doubt the 90mm TSE would be replaced as its optically outstanding. So far, only those that underperforms gets replaced. As its a manual focussing lens, it will not be replaced with new AF or IS models.

Again, no idea why there isnt a TSE macro. Maybe those who are more technically inclined could answer that.
There is, actually. Just that it isn't made by Canon. There is the Hartblei 120 F/4, Zeiss 120 macro in better Hartblei barrel (to keep up with CZ standards), with EOS mount.

Rather expensive, however, about 2500 euros or so, if you can find one :D.
In any case, check out this review of the lens - http://www.the-digital-picture.com/Reviews/Canon-TS-E-90mm-f-2.8-Tilt-Shift-Lens-Review.aspx
Kind regards, Wim

[Canonised]

Hi Harry,

There is, actually. Just that it isn't made by Canon. There is the Hartblei 120 F/4, Zeiss 120 macro in better Hartblei barrel (to keep up with CZ standards), with EOS mount.

Rather expensive, however, about 2500 euros or so, if you can find one :D.

Kind regards, Wim

Hi Wim!
So good to hear from you! Hope you have been keeping well! :-)
You must know that you have an uncanny ability to temp me? Thank goodness the CZ 120 macro is so very expensive - because I need a reason like that NOT to buy it! :-)

I know this is off thread topic but since you are in earshot - I am considering a Contax T Planar macro but I have been trying to talk myself out of it. Have you any experience with it? If so, lets talk over email or message on POTN. :-)

[wimg]

Hi Wim!
So good to hear from you! Hope you have been keeping well! :-)
You must know that you have an uncanny ability to temp me? Thank goodness the CZ 120 macro is so very expensive - because I need a reason like that NOT to buy it! :-)

I know this is off thread topic but since you are in earshot - I am considering a Contax T Planar macro but I have been trying to talk myself out of it. Have you any experience with it? If so, lets talk over email or message on POTN. :-)
Good to hear from you, too! I sent you a message via mail :D.

Kindest regards, Wim