photo:canoneftse
tilt-shift lenses for Canon EOS cameras
see also:
current EF Canon tilt shift lenses
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- introduced in 2009;
- +/- 6.5° Tilt and +/-12mm Shift
- Tilt and shift mechanism rotates +/-90° allowing shift in any direction
- Tilt mechanism rotates +/-90° allowing tilt in any direction relative to the shift
- Sub-wavelength structure and super-spectra coatings minimise ghosting and flare
- Circular aperture for creative, blurred highlights
- floating internal focus mechanism delivers high image quality throughout focus range
- Aspherical and UD lens elements minimise chromatic aberration
- protruding front element means not able to use filters
- 93deg angle of view (104deg diagonal w/o t/s); close focus to 0.25m (maximum close-up magnification: 0.14x)
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- introduced in 2009;
- +/- 8.5° Tilt and ±12mm Shift
- Tilt and shift mechanism rotates +/-90° allowing shift in any direction
- Tilt mechanism rotates +/-90° allowing tilt in any direction relative to the shift
- Sub-wavelength structure and super-spectra coatings minimise ghosting and flare
- Circular aperture for creative, blurred highlights
- Aspherical and UD lens elements minimise chromatic aberration
- 74deg angle of view (84deg diag w/o t/s); close focus 0.21m; (maximum close-up magnification: 0.34x)
- 82mm filter
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- 84deg field of view; 0.3m macro; 72mm filters; 8 blades; $A2319 RRP; ($A1750 new online) $US900
- has the advantage that being EF lens, you don't need to work in stop down mode.
- not as sharp as the 45mm or 90mm (or OM shift lenses)
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- $A2319 ($A1750 new online)
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- announced Aug 2017
- 1:2 macro; 77mm filter; 944g
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- announced Aug 2017
- 1:2 macro; 77mm filter; 916g
- Canon EF TS-E 90mm f/2.8 (tilt shift lens)
- $A2319 ($A1750 new online)
- minimum focus 50cm 0.29x magnification (0.38x on a 1D)
- many reverse the lens otherwise the tilt tends to counteract the shift but this causes some vignetting on full frame
- The lenses come preset from the factory with the axes opposite each other, but a Canon service center can adjust them so that they are on the same axis. This way you can use Scheimflug and a rising front (for example) at the same time.
- Canon EF-12 extension tube $A159 gives 0.56-0.18x
- Canon EF-25 extension tube $A279 gives 0.78-0.40x
- announced Aug 2017
- ?1:1 macro; 82mm filter; 1.1kg
other tilt shift lenses
- Hartblei tilt-shift lenses:
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- distributed by Kiev at about half the price of the canon TS-E lenses
- tilt-shift operations have been de-coupled and can be freely rotated in relation to each other 360deg
- available in Canon EF or Nikon F mounts
- 35mm f/2.8 with max. 8deg tilt
- shift only works in one direction, so need to rotate the shift to get different directions
- 82mm filter; close focus 0.20m;
- softer at f/4 than the TS-E 24mm and at its sharpest at ~f/8 when most of the vignetting is gone as well, but when using 10mm shift, f/16 is needed to get adequate sharpness
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- 45mm f/3.5; 82mm filter; close focus 0.35m;
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- 65mm f/3.5; 72mm filter; close focus 0.45m;
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- 80mm f/2.8; 62mm filter; close focus 0.65m;
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- 120mm f/2.8; 62mm filter; close focus 1.25m;
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- Schneider-Kreuznach tilt-shift lenses:
- announced late 2010 and will be in Canon, Nikon, Pentax and Sony mounts, and provide ± 12mm of lateral shift plus 8 degrees of tilt, with directions of the tilt and shift to be rotated independently of each other.
- PC-TS Super-Angulon 2.8 / 50 HM
- 50mm f/2.8
- PC-TS Makro-Symmar 4.0 / 90 HM
- 90mm f/4.0 macro
- they also have a 120mm f/5.6 APO tilt shift for Mamiya or Phase One medium format
- Samyang T-S 24mm f/3.5:
- Schneider PC Super-Angulon 28mm f/2.8 shift lens (made by Schneider-Kreuznach):
- available in different mounts including Nikon, Canon, Olympus OM
- close focus to 11“; no tilt; $US2447 + $US183 for adapter
- may be available with Canon FD and EF, Contax/Yashica, M42 (Pentax Screw), Minolta, Minolta AF, Nikon, Olympus, Pentax (K) and Rollei mounts. The mount of these versions is changeable.
- This is a great lens, but putting filters on it (special B&W 67EW) is made far too difficult.
- “The filter is just simple glass that is placed between the filter and an internal ring. Heliopan and B&W make an E67 polarizing filter that attaches directly to the barrel of the lens. Obviously, you cannot use the lens shade! The rim ` lens filters have to be ordered as specials from B&W.”
- Nikon F perspective control lenses
- see perspective control, shift and/or tilt lenses for Nikon
- Olympus OM shift lenses
- no tilt capability but very nice wide angle shift lenses
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- 84 deg field of view; 0.35m macro; internal wheel filters; 6 blades; used $US900-1600
- the first Perspective Control lens type that broke the 24mm barrier in 35mm SLR photography (1984).
- Due to its protruding and the extra large front element, the lens was designed with a built-in protective scallop hood to protect the front ED glass lens element. A internal revolving filter turret supplies filters where a Neutral Density, Y48, O56, R60 are provided.
- a beautiful lens that many architectural photographers bought and converted to Nikon mounts. It is reportedly much sharper than the Canon version, and once converted, will work in stop-down metering mode just like Nikon's PC lenses.
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- MC version is named Zuiko Shift 35mm 1:2.8, otherwise it is a single coated lens with more lens flare
- quickest rotating & shift mechanism
- the only lens to allow simultaneous horizontal and vertical shift
- Carl Zeiss shift lenses:
- Zeiss PC35 Distagon shift is said to be the best quality shift lens
- shift adapters:
- Kiev shift adapter:
- 11mm shift plus rotation of Mamiya 645 lenses on Canon EOS $US79 on Ebay
- medium format & large format bellows system attachments:
- Horseman LD bellows system for Canon or Nikon dSLRs
- Horseman VVC Pro bellows system for Canon or Nikon dSLRS
- Cambo Ultima 35 view camera system (~$US4100) for Canon or Nikon dSLRs but shutter not used.
- Cambo X2-Pro view camera adapter for Hasselblad, Mamiya or large format lenses:
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