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17mm tse

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Nov 09, 2009 at 07:54 AM

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Here's a - believe it or not - two handheld horizontal grab shots stitched - one running the shift all the way up and the other shifting down. I say grab, because I was on Kaiser property and couldn't set up a tripod without attracting security goons. I'm in the process of trying to get legitimate permission to go back and shoot for real, but I've run in to the most paranoid idiots you can believe. They're afraid - get this - that I might actually want to SELL them an image, and that would be taking advantage somehow of Kaiser. The level of corporate stupidity knows few bounds...

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Nov 09, 2009 at 07:57 AM

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Peter Figen wrote:
Here's a - believe it or not - two handheld horizontal grab shots stitched - one running the shift all the way up and the other shifting down. I say grab, because I was on Kaiser property and couldn't set up a tripod without attracting security goons. I'm in the process of trying to get legitimate permission to go back and shoot for real, but I've run in to the most paranoid idiots you can believe. They're afraid - get this - that I might actually want to SELL them an image, and that would be taking advantage somehow of Kaiser. The level of corporate stupidity knows few bounds...

If I were hoping to obtain some work with a particular company I sure wouldn't call them stupid paranoid idiots in a open forum anyone could read.

Nice shot BTW, good luck with this endeavor.

Peter

Architectural Photography by Peter Montanti, www.mountainphotographics.com

Nov 09, 2009 at 01:11 PM

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pcho wrote:
Yakim Peled wrote:
I really don't want to hear any more.

Happy shooting,
Yakim.

Go on Yakim, you only live once go get the 17 and 24 tse and you will love. I originally want the 90tse for food and macro. When the 17 & 24 were released I got them instead hoping a new 90tse would follow suit. Well I could not wait anymore and I purcased the 90tse as well. I got into the bug just like you.

Perry

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You know you want it Yakim... Resistance is futile.

Yes, it's hopeless. I've already started to say my prayers for the sin I'm about to commit.

Happy shooting,
Yakim.

Nov 10, 2009 at 05:01 AM

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Great write-up. Thx!

I love this lens. It changes the manner in which you can take images. Next to making impossible architectural shots possible I love the lens for giving me a new way to shoot images. This image for example was possible without the crazy shift.

I have learnt a lot so far how to use it. Especially that you have to shoot buildings from angle and beware of putting relevant items/ tall buildings on the side of the frame because of distortion.

Shifted up almost fully.

Shifting for a 3 shot pano.

Because of its sharpness I also use it with a nodal ninja to make panos.I don't have to stop down as much which saves critical time.

1 image in portrait

3 images in landscape.

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Nov 10, 2009 at 01:02 PM

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

Thanks

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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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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