Tilt-Shift theory

ahh yes in that scenario slowness may not be a good thing. For me using it for landscapes slowing down allows me to take in my surroundings. Sometimes with other lenses I sometimes feel I forget to actually take it in, its like I get there, get the shot, and move on

xpfloyd wrote in post #17396575
ahh yes in that scenario slowness may not be a good thing. For me using it for landscapes slowing down allows me to take in my surroundings. Sometimes with other lenses I sometimes feel I forget to actually take it in, its like I get there, get the shot, and move on

Ah I do this a lot. Once I get home I wish I had taken the extra time!

You can always prefocus. I don't find the TS-E slowing me down in any way, but then again I've never been a run-n'-gun kind of bloke. It's also very fast to focus using LiveView. What is a bit more time consuming is using the hot shoe level to make sure the camera is level with the horizon in order to avoid converging verticals, but I hate converging verticals even more than I do chinese flashes, so I always take the time.

njstacker22 wrote in post #17396537
The lens slowing me down is why I'm really scared of it. That and the fact that it's all manual focus. I shoot a lot of real-estate but most of my shoots are quick jobs (20 shots, 1 hr). There is no way I would be able to use this lens in my situation. If I moved into nicer listings ($700-800k+) I think it would be something to strongly consider. I shoot very nice listings now but I don't currently feel like it's enough to justify the money spent.

One day...

All the Canon TS lenses have focus confirmation. Using the shift to take care of keystoning, hand holding using manual focus with the focus confirmation is easy as pie. Even using the tilt function you can use focus confirmation by going from one outer point to another.

^^This.

I've even used the 24mm TS-E for events quite successfully.

windpig wrote in post #17396725
All the Canon TS lenses have focus confirmation. Using the shift to take care of keystoning, hand holding using manual focus with the focus confirmation is easy as pie. Even using the tilt function you can use focus confirmation by going from one outer point to another.

Thanks for that information. Definitely changes my thought process.

This tut explains everything in detail:

http://learn.usa.canon​.com …ift_laforet_gal​lery.shtml

Lens is great for tall verts using shift w seamless stitch

airfrogusmc wrote in post #17392735
Want to slow down and really have control? Shoot architecture with one of these.
http://www.largeformat​photography.info …rff-8x10/deardorff012.jpg

You have tilt, shift, rise. fall on both the lens board and the film back giving you twice the perspective control you have with a T&S lens.

I've thought about finding a way to mount my digital on the back of the 4x5 - until I realized how much dust might be in that bellows. The camera in the photo seems to have center tilts rather than base tilts. Many of the wooden field cameras have only base tilts, especially on the back, so every tilt requires refocusing. Center tilts are better.

One thing you rarely find on a wooden 4x5 but do find on most monorails is rear focus. It's advantage is that image size doesn't change as you focus which is great for precise close-up work.

So much for the view camera. Makes me want to dig mine out but then I would have to unbury my darkroom to load holders and process film.

rgs wrote in post #17400446
I've thought about finding a way to mount my digital on the back of the 4x5 - until I realized how much dust might be in that bellows. The camera in the photo seems to have center tilts rather than base tilts. Many of the wooden field cameras have only base tilts, especially on the back, so every tilt requires refocusing. Center tilts are better.

One thing you rarely find on a wooden 4x5 but do find on most monorails is rear focus. It's advantage is that image size doesn't change as you focus which is great for precise close-up work.

So much for the view camera. Makes me want to dig mine out but then I would have to unbury my darkroom to load holders and process film.

I have mounted my dSLR on my LF camera!

Wilt wrote in post #17413423
I have mounted my dSLR on my LF frame!

A somewhat pointless exercise I found, because LF lenses are too long in FL to provide a reasonable angle of view on the tiny dSLR format...few LF lenses have <75mm FL, which is 'short tele' on FF dSLR. If you try to mount a dSLR lens on the LF frame, it does not have sufficient distance to the focal plane to permit any focus other than macro distances! And unfortunately my Bronica Medium Format lenses (the shortest of which is 40mm FL) which have a longer flange distance and might focus to longer distance, have leaf shutters with a very complex electromechanical mechanism to open the shutter for viewing!

So from the standpoint of tilt or shift movements, the LF frame is valueless with dSLR.

I love shifts with dSLR, using my OM 24mm shift lens with OM-EF adapter for my Canon dSLR to resolve converging vertical lines for architectural photos, but find little need for tilt movement with small formats (FF or APS-C).

(pictured on my Olympus body)

Fun to see. I would like shifts but I have pretty much decided that focus stacking is a better option than tilts most of the time. Unless subject is moving or the wind blowing (and I live in Oklahoma where the wind comes sweeping down the plains )

When you first start using a Tilt Shift lens, things slow way down, but he more you use it, the faster and more confident you get. After awhile, it becomes second nature.

I absolutely love my 24 TS-E!

Bryan

bps wrote in post #17435724
When you first start using a Tilt Shift lens, things slow way down, but he more you use it, the faster and more confident you get. After awhile, it becomes second nature.

I absolutely love my 24 TS-E!

Bryan

I second that. The most time consuming part of the setup for me is to level the camera. If that is not done correctly, no amount of tilt and shift would correct the converging verticals or the keystoning effect, the latter especially in frontal shots.

Hot Shoe Bubble Levels are pretty good at speeding up the levelling process!

I love my Tilt-Shift lens. Rekindled my love for architecture again.

Slowing things down with a Tilt-Shift is wonderful. Patience is key. Learning the workflow was enjoyable.
The images are stunning.
Bought the TS-E 24 L last spring. One of my best purchases.