I want a piece of glass... (56k log out)
05-10-2007, 04:05 PM
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I want a piece of glass... (56k log out)
...but I don't want to spend the money on it at the same time 
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Canon TS-E90
90mm f2.8 tilt shift lens
I think I am horribly in love with it after playing with the thing for the last two days and am getting the hang of it a bit.
Anyone want to loan me $1200?
h:Canon TS-E90
90mm f2.8 tilt shift lens
I think I am horribly in love with it after playing with the thing for the last two days and am getting the hang of it a bit.
Anyone want to loan me $1200?
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05-10-2007, 04:11 PM
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tilt shift... man that is one area I don't want to start with... I'm already about 3 glass behind what I was planning on buying as is.
I'll loan you $12.00
I'll loan you $12.00
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05-10-2007, 04:12 PM
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great shot!!!!!!!!!!! Looks like an album cover.
What's up with the tilt shift lens? I'm so used to taking formal shots, that I don't spend enough time taking fun shots like this one. Good one, John
What's up with the tilt shift lens? I'm so used to taking formal shots, that I don't spend enough time taking fun shots like this one. Good one, John
05-10-2007, 04:13 PM
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I can't even begin to describe how cool this lens is and how easy it is to operate after a couple shots. the hard part is remembering you have to manual focus and manually set your exposure values.
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05-10-2007, 04:15 PM
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It basically changes your focal points by shifting the point that the light hits the film. this causes you to be able to either correct out of focus points or create them almost at will.
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05-10-2007, 04:24 PM
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Not of my own right now this one was taken a little bit ago sitting at coffee with my friends.
I will sort through and see how my test shots around the house came out and may post one or two.
I will sort through and see how my test shots around the house came out and may post one or two.
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05-10-2007, 04:25 PM
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A lot of people get them to do architecture but as you can see in portraiture it works awesome.
It basically changes your focal points by shifting the point that the light hits the film. this causes you to be able to either correct out of focus points or create them almost at will.
It basically changes your focal points by shifting the point that the light hits the film. this causes you to be able to either correct out of focus points or create them almost at will.
05-10-2007, 04:29 PM
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Here is a full crop shot (resized) to show how precise you can get with it and it gives you an idea of the potential of the lens.
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05-10-2007, 04:33 PM
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Another analogy for the uninitiated.
A normal lens, the plane on which the lens focuses the image is parallel to your film or digital image sensor.
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Using the tilt part of the lens, tilts the plane of focus in relation to the film/sensor.
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So you can make something that is not necessarily parallel to the film/sensor to be all in focus, or you can use the tilt to narrow the amount of something that is in focus to a verrrry small amount like such:
Shift is also known as perspective correction. This is stolen from wikipedia:
(a) Tilting the camera upwards results in vertical perspective.
(b) Keeping the camera level, with an ordinary lens, captures only the bottom portion of the building.
(c) Shifting the lens upwards results in a picture of the entire subject.
So basically, a tilt-shift lens has BOTH of these tricks, and gets extremely versatile if you know what you're doing.
A normal lens, the plane on which the lens focuses the image is parallel to your film or digital image sensor.
| |
Using the tilt part of the lens, tilts the plane of focus in relation to the film/sensor.
/ |
So you can make something that is not necessarily parallel to the film/sensor to be all in focus, or you can use the tilt to narrow the amount of something that is in focus to a verrrry small amount like such:
Shift is also known as perspective correction. This is stolen from wikipedia:
(a) Tilting the camera upwards results in vertical perspective.
(b) Keeping the camera level, with an ordinary lens, captures only the bottom portion of the building.
(c) Shifting the lens upwards results in a picture of the entire subject.
So basically, a tilt-shift lens has BOTH of these tricks, and gets extremely versatile if you know what you're doing.