-= TS-E 17 & TS-E 24 Mrk2 owners gather your PICs & impressions =-

I'd like to see users' opinions and PICs of these 2 wonderfull 2 new Tilt Shift lenses !
Thanks

Bump ...

Nobody has these 2 wonderful new Beasties ?

check the lens sample archive....there are some in there

roli_bark wrote in post #8261090
Nobody has these 2 wonderful new Beasties ?

According to online tracking service my 17/4 will be delivered within the day!

IT is here!
Just out of the box, with its (umbilical) hood cord tied as Canon tied it.
I'll post images and comments as soon as possible.

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the-digital-picture.com has the ISO12233 Resolution tests for both lens published. Let's just say that the new 24 TS makes the mark1 look less than impressive. Unfortunately the high price and larger filter size means that an upgrade for me won't be happening.

http://the-digital-picture.com …&SampleComp=0&F​LI=0&API=0 – Seriously? 12mm shift and almost NO loss of sharpness? AGGHHH!

It also looks (from the same site) that the TS-E 24 MarkII is superior to the TS-E 17 for sharpness, both in center and edges.

Yesterday, the TS-E 17 was in B&H stock for few minutes .... and gone.

roli_bark wrote in post #8275982
the TS-E 17 for sharpness, both in center and edges.

Yep, the 17/4 has to pay for its extreme focal length, and it's softer than the 24/3.5II especially in the corner wide open. But I usually shot with wide-angle TS-Es at f/8 or even f/11: at this aperture the 17/4 is evenly sharp and well contrasted troughout the picture. For instance, look at this 100% crop of the extreme corner with maximum shift (that's to say, 30 mm far from the optical axis of the lens!), no post production: to me it's impressive!

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Yes indeed, for a corner crop it is FANTASTIC.
I was trying to order it from B&H the other day, but it was too late ... it was gone.

Congrats for the new baby !

B&H currently has the 24 TS-E II in stock....

http://www.bhphotovide​o.com …Tilt_Shift_TS_E​_24mm.html

17 TS-E is back in too

http://www.bhphotovide​o.com …Tilt_Shift_TS_E​_17mm.html

timnosenzo wrote in post #8286373
17 TS-E is back in too

http://www.bhphotovide​o.com …Tilt_Shift_TS_E​_17mm.html

Scratch that, 17 is backordered again!

timnosenzo wrote in post #8286273
B&H currently has the 24 TS-E II in stock....

http://www.bhphotovide​o.com …Tilt_Shift_TS_E​_24mm.html

Aaaaand the 24 is now out of stock as well.

sheawyatt wrote in post #8271788
Seriously? 12mm shift and almost NO loss of sharpness? AGGHHH!

Based on the shift (compare this to the TS-E 17 samples) I am guessing the "center" of the image is now the extreme... which is why the "corner" doesn't get any visibly worse. Still, amazing performance, and I bought it on the samples seen to date.

roli_bark wrote in post #8275982
It also looks (from the same site) that the TS-E 24 MarkII is superior to the TS-E 17 for sharpness, both in center and edges

It should be. That 17mm lens is a lot closer to a "10mm FF lens" if you consider the whole image circle (hence the front element), and is compromised both in IQ and tilt-ability (only 6.5degrees in comparison with 8.5 on the 24) to manage its unprecedented FOV. Very exciting optics, both of them, and I hope to put the 24 to serious use in the future.

Chez Wimpy wrote in post #8287895
Based on the shift (compare this to the TS-E 17 samples) I am guessing the "center" of the image is now the extreme... which is why the "corner" doesn't get any visibly worse. Still, amazing performance, and I bought it on the samples seen to date.

Yeah, I know that. But the corner crops are now the ultra-extreme edges of the image circle, and even they show little-to-no loss of IQ!!. With the mkI things degrade rather quickly beyond the normal 35mm image circle.

I'm going to go freeze my credit cards in a block of ice...that should prevent me from making any spontaneous purchases.