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Khun Hans
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Amazing photographs. I know all these places pretty well. What do you mean by:
'This image for example was possible without the crazy shift'
and later you say:
'Shifted up almost fully'

Nov 10, 2009 at 02:28 PM

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Khun Hans wrote:
Amazing photographs. I know all these places pretty well. What do you mean by:
'This image for example was possible without the crazy shift'
and later you say:
'Shifted up almost fully'

Thx a lot. In the first image using a normal 17mm lens without shift would have resulted in lots of water and very little sky while I wanted the sky for the stars.

Nov 10, 2009 at 02:34 PM

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p.2 #3 · My 17mm TS-E Review

You mean it 'wasn't' possible without the crazy shift? How many shots? Vertical?
What time was it in the morning?
Thanks
Hans

Nov 10, 2009 at 02:43 PM

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Khun Hans wrote:
You mean it 'wasn't' possible without the crazy shift? How many shots? Vertical?
What time was it in the morning?
Thanks
Hans

Even with a vertical position this was not possible. I would have gotten more water as I'm standing just above waterlevel. I think I cover much more sky like this. Time is also limited and I would have had to do more shots.

Nov 10, 2009 at 02:51 PM

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For doing architectural photos inside a church or cathedral is it best to just get the 17mm or is the 24 more of a better option? Body is 5D2

Thanks

Nov 10, 2009 at 11:39 PM

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jamach wrote:
For doing architectural photos inside a church or cathedral is it best to just get the 17mm or is the 24 more of a better option? Body is 5D2

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You would find that both would be needed. I have the 17 and the new 24 and I am actually using the 24mm for most of my work and the 17 mainly for wider or taller stuff. And I just ordered the 90mm exclusively for architectural detail shooting. For some work with both of these lenses you can see here: http://johnmillsphoto.com/?SI=built

Nov 11, 2009 at 12:05 AM

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fantastic shots, John. One of the skateboarder in the tube with the photog on top is spectacular. Looks like you understand how to use the TSe lenses, thanks

Nov 11, 2009 at 12:30 AM

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jamach wrote:
For doing architectural photos inside a church or cathedral is it best to just get the 17mm or is the 24 more of a better option? Body is 5D2

Thanks

See here: www.fredmiranda.com/forum/topic/831768

Nov 11, 2009 at 12:38 AM

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wow, a wide varying of views, need to bring all the focus points together. Sounds like the 17 for architectural and inside shots and the 24 for inside and architectural shots. But the 24 for landscape or for a wider view the 17. Of course, having all the lenses would help so that options are available for given conditions.

I would also like the 90mm so I can do flowers, but then again all I need do is gather differing focusing spots and stack the pics, no?

Nov 11, 2009 at 12:45 AM

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jamach wrote:
fantastic shots, John. One of the skateboarder in the tube with the photog on top is spectacular. Looks like you understand how to use the TSe lenses, thanks

They are not too difficult to use. The hardest part was the 24mm and getting it to be sharp right through the shot-it is a very fine line when doing fairly close focus points to infinity, very easy to mess it up. I had a long grounding with 4x5 photography so it was fairly natural to me.

That skater shot was a longtime ago...I have those up for all of my old skater buddies to reminisce about.

Nov 11, 2009 at 01:26 AM

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p.2 #11 · My 17mm TS-E Review

Thanks John

Nov 11, 2009 at 02:11 AM

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jamach wrote:
wow, a wide varying of views, need to bring all the focus points together. Sounds like the 17 for architectural and inside shots and the 24 for inside and architectural shots. But the 24 for landscape or for a wider view the 17. Of course, having all the lenses would help so that options are available for given conditions.

For me the 24TS-E is the most used for architectural and interiors. Having the 17 provides an option but only for situations where its needed, such as this classroom. I wouldn't rely on the 17, I think its a great lens but too wide for most applications.

Peter

Architectural Photography by Peter Montanti, www.mountainphotographics.com

2012 © Peter Montanti

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Nov 11, 2009 at 01:10 PM

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Great job Mac, and all the rest of you. It's on my wishlist. Unfortunately that's where it's going to stay for a while.

Nov 11, 2009 at 02:53 PM

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pcho wrote:
abdul10000 wrote:

I see, what is the benefit of this move?

Have a look at this

http://www.northlight-images.co.uk/article_pages/modify_canon_tilt-shift.html

Perry

That was very helpful, thanks for posting it.

Mac D. wrote:
Abdul: as you can see, the hack you had to do in the previous versions is kinda involved, and I'm pretty sure it voids the warranty. now you can do it in 2 seconds while the lens is mounted... One of the benefits of barrel rotation is the ability to shoot in vertical (portrait mode) and still have the same native tilt/shift functions. Or, of course, reversing the native functions on a normal landscape mode shot, making the tilt work horizontally and the shift work vertically.

yup, it clear now. Its a very useful feature for product photography

Nov 12, 2009 at 04:27 PM

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Peter Montanti wrote:
For me the 24TS-E is the most used for architectural and interiors. Having the 17 provides an option but only for situations where its needed, such as this classroom. I wouldn't rely on the 17, I think its a great lens but too wide for most applications.

Peter

Architectural Photography by Peter Montanti, www.mountainphotographics.com

couldn't this been taken with the 24mm?

Nov 12, 2009 at 04:28 PM

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>>>couldn't this been taken with the 24mm?

No, I was already against the wall taking this with the 17.

Nov 12, 2009 at 05:42 PM

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Peter Montanti wrote:

No, I was already against the wall taking this with the 17.

ok, your composition makes the place looks roomy

Nov 17, 2009 at 09:12 AM

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p.2 #18 · My 17mm TS-E Review

I went to the camera show to check out the new 17TS, it looks like an FD 8mm fisheye.

Nov 17, 2009 at 08:58 PM

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p.2 #19 · My 17mm TS-E Review

Thanks, guys!

Part 2 is finally up...

http://macdanzigphotography.wordpress.com/2009/11/18/ts-e-17mm-lens-review-part-2/

It's not very in-depth, but I haven't had the time I need to really do a review that does justice to this lens's capabilities.

Hopefully, it can help give people a better idea of what it can do on a fundamental level.

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ViscaB:
those shots are gorgeous! I'm jealous.

Nov 18, 2009 at 05:20 AM

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p.2 #20 · My 17mm TS-E Review

A word about metering. If you use LV you can use P, Av or Tv metering stays accurate when you tilt or shift.

Happy shooting,
Yakim.

Nov 18, 2009 at 09:43 AM

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p.2 #21 · My 17mm TS-E Review

thanks, Yakim

Nov 18, 2009 at 10:13 PM


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