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You need to tell us what you are shooting primarily.
The 24mm pc-e does a lot more than simply shifting for panoramas. The shift allows movement to control your perspective, allowing movement up or down, side to side, to do this. It also tilts to change the focal plane. Allowing lower apertures while retaining perceived sharpness throughout the image. The same can't be said of the Zeiss.
The tdong shot posted above is also not really a good comparison shot to what a pc-e lens does. He has it aligned perfectly dead center, a perfectly flat focal plane, not tilted up or down. Take that same lens and stand in front of a tall building, then tilt up to capture it all. The building will give the appearance of tipping somewhat. With the pc-e lens you can avoid this. His example is just an example of sharpness and color under ideal conditions. Also, that image is shot at f/18 whilst a similar image could probably be taken at f/5.6 or f/8 with the tilt shift.
So, in the end you are looking at two different tools.
Also, consider that with the 24mm pc-e you will not be able to shift to the full range due to it hitting the camera, with many bodies. That does not apply to the 45mm or 85mm pc-e lenses. They have complete movement.
In my seat of the pants opinion, the best of the three pc-e lenses is the 45mm.
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