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p.1 #1 · Schneider Kreuznach just announced new Tilt-Shift-Lenses

According to this site:

http://photoscala.de/Artikel/photokina-2010-Drei-Tilt-Shift-Objektive-von-Schneider-Kreuznach

Sep 16, 2010 at 11:31 PM

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p.1 #2 · Schneider Kreuznach just announced new Tilt-Shift-Lenses

Interesting. Thanks for posting.

I'd have to try out that design before I bought in to it. It's like a ballhead vs. a geared three-way pan/tilt. I'll be very interested to hear if the 120 is exciting to the MF shooters.

Sep 16, 2010 at 11:45 PM

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p.1 #3 · Schneider Kreuznach just announced new Tilt-Shift-Lenses

Those are some lens babies on stereoids

However the prices are quite astronomical. I have the Canon 90mm TS-E which is great and I am not sure what would this offer.

Sep 16, 2010 at 11:58 PM

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p.1 #4 · Schneider Kreuznach just announced new Tilt-Shift-Lenses

I've got an older Schneider 55 PC lens for the Rollei - and give it high marks. Raxor tack sharp, edge to edge. It is used only for shift, no tilt.

Generally, Schneider lenses are pretty solid, top tier.

Sep 17, 2010 at 09:40 AM

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p.1 #5 · Schneider Kreuznach just announced new Tilt-Shift-Lenses

Schneider is quite famous here, to be called in the same breath as Leitz and Zeiss...

Sep 17, 2010 at 10:57 AM

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p.1 #6 · Schneider Kreuznach just announced new Tilt-Shift-Lenses

They look great but way out of my price range. Is it me or did everything get much more expensive lately? I can't imagine what prices would be like if we weren't going through the economic crisis during last couple of years.

Sep 17, 2010 at 12:58 PM

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p.1 #7 · Schneider Kreuznach just announced new Tilt-Shift-Lenses

Schneider looks to have done the same thing that Zeiss did with their tilt/shift hartblei-collaboration lenses. That is, use their existing medium format designs (with their bigger image circle) and adapt them to a t/s mount for 35mm format cameras. The 2 lenses were made for Rollei MF cameras. I wonder if they did any tweaking to the designs or just used them as is.

The T/S for Mamiya/Phase 1 645 is also interesting. And if Schneider has more lenses to come for this mount, Phase One users will be cheering.

Sep 17, 2010 at 01:42 PM

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p.1 #8 · Schneider Kreuznach just announced new Tilt-Shift-Lenses

I got excited for 2 seconds, before seeing the prices

My only hope for TS now lies with Samyang

Sep 17, 2010 at 01:55 PM

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p.1 #9 · Schneider Kreuznach just announced new Tilt-Shift-Lenses

http://www.dpreview.com/news/1009/10091705schneiderkrueznachtslens.asp

Sep 17, 2010 at 02:39 PM

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p.1 #10 · Schneider Kreuznach just announced new Tilt-Shift-Lenses

geoffreyg wrote:
I've got an older Schneider 55 PC lens for the Rollei - and give it high marks. Raxor tack sharp, edge to edge. It is used only for shift, no tilt.

What do you mean? That you personally only use the shift control? This is a tilt/shift lens.

Sep 17, 2010 at 02:44 PM

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p.1 #11 · Schneider Kreuznach just announced new Tilt-Shift-Lenses

Curious, according to the cut away pictures, when the lens is shifted some of the lens elements do not shift with the rest of the lens. Also the tilt mechanism is closer to the camera than the shift mechanism.
Mike K

Sep 17, 2010 at 02:57 PM

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p.1 #12 · Schneider Kreuznach just announced new Tilt-Shift-Lenses

Lotusm50 wrote:
Schneider looks to have done the same thing that Zeiss did with their tilt/shift hartblei-collaboration lenses. That is, use their existing medium format designs (with their bigger image circle) and adapt them to a t/s mount for 35mm format cameras. The 2 lenses were made for Rollei MF cameras. I wonder if they did any tweaking to the designs or just used them as is.

The T/S for Mamiya/Phase 1 645 is also interesting. And if Schneider has more lenses to come for this mount, Phase One users will be cheering.

And similar to the MF-based T/S for 35mm format, the 120/5.6 for Phase One is their large format APO-Digitar lens adapted to the T/S mount for the Phase One 645 SLR.

Sep 17, 2010 at 03:28 PM

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p.1 #13 · Schneider Kreuznach just announced new Tilt-Shift-Lenses

Anyone knows what kind of characteristics to expect from schneider lenses? Any 3D and micro contrast à la Zeiss?

Sep 17, 2010 at 03:39 PM

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p.1 #14 · Schneider Kreuznach just announced new Tilt-Shift-Lenses

I do! The characteristics are excessive pricing and the need they instill to the buyer to tell everyone how much these lenses are totally worth it because they are so much better than TS-E or PC-E.

Sep 17, 2010 at 04:32 PM

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p.1 #15 · Schneider Kreuznach just announced new Tilt-Shift-Lenses

ht1948 wrote:
I got excited for 2 seconds, before seeing the prices

Same here.

ht1948 wrote:
My only hope for TS now lies with Samyang

If only there was a shred of rumor to get excited about....

Happy shooting,
Yakim.

Sep 19, 2010 at 10:45 AM

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p.1 #16 · Schneider Kreuznach just announced new Tilt-Shift-Lenses

50 - 90 -120mm - Studio lenses for a product photography business that has a lot of work - profitable work!

If / when Canon gives their 45 & 90 TS-E's the update of the 24II they are going to be good lenses - still at over 2k each makes for an expensive hobby lens.

Sep 19, 2010 at 01:37 PM

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edwardkaraa wrote:
Anyone knows what kind of characteristics to expect from schneider lenses? Any 3D and micro contrast à la Zeiss?

The Schneider lenses I have used int he past with similar Zeiss equivalents - Xenotar (Planar), Super Angulon (Biogon), and Xenar (Tessar) - have all been exceptional lenses with some of them performing better then the Zeiss versions. The Xenotar on the Rolleiflex I once owed had micro-contrast/3D quality in spades! The Xenar had a softer contrast (though still extremely sharp stopped down) , more creamy rendion compared to Tessars I have used - it really depended on the vintage and design of the specific lens. I would expect these current lenses to perform spectacularly and by their appearance, likely be some of the best builit lenses available (better then the Cosina made Zeiss stuff and more like classic Zeiss C lenses from their 70's Hasselblad era). I wonder if they are made in Germany? That certainly would explain the price beyond the influence of build quality and small market.

Sep 19, 2010 at 03:25 PM

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p.1 #18 · Schneider Kreuznach just announced new Tilt-Shift-Lenses

Looks like a mini-lens foot, very smart. Like a built-in Zoerk, so you can stitch without moving the lens.

Sep 19, 2010 at 08:55 PM

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p.1 #19 · Schneider Kreuznach just announced new Tilt-Shift-Lenses

Did I miss the US pricing? Euros don't always indicate the US price - most equipment is more in Europe.

Sep 19, 2010 at 10:00 PM

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p.1 #20 · Schneider Kreuznach just announced new Tilt-Shift-Lenses

Schneider Kreuznach joins Micro Four Thirds:

http://www.dpreview.com/news/1102/11020405schneiderkreuznachmicrofourthirds.asp

Feb 05, 2011 at 09:55 AM

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