Whilst some may have come across my articles/reviews about tilt/shift lenses, I've never been able to get hold of the Nikon PC lenses for reviews (some on this list kindly helped me with some Nikon lens photos for my upcoming tilt/shift book)
Well, Nikon UK sent me a Z7 and PC 19mm to test, so I'm going to be able to add all the Nikon lenses at last :-)
Unfortunately, just as they did, my local city of Leicester was put in lockdown, which curtailed testing a bit, but I've still managed to get my first Nikon tilt/shift review done.
keith_cooper wrote:
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Well, Nikon UK sent me a Z7 and PC 19mm to test, so I'm going to be able to add all the Nikon lenses at last :-)
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That's great news, I had read on another site that Nikon rebuffed you - and now they've come to their senses.
Unfortunately too late to get more Nikon examples in the book (now due ~Nov.) but I always wanted to show as wide a range as possible.
Next up, some of the rarer T/S lenses if I can find places to borrow them from ... once I've finished testing all the printers I've been sent, which isn't bad since we're still not supposed to go out much :-(
It is the first and only Nikon tilt shift lens where the mechanism can be rotated and changed by the user in the field. I paid to have the orientation changed by Nikon on my 45mm and 85mm PC-E lenses. I would not recommend Nikon if someone plans to put together a kit with these very expensive lenses.
Canon has provided this key feature on all their tilt shift lenses for many years. For someone investing in tilt shift lenses it would be worth considering getting them from Canon along with a Canon DSLR.
elkhornsun wrote:
It is the first and only Nikon tilt shift lens where the mechanism can be rotated and changed by the user in the field. I paid to have the orientation changed by Nikon on my 45mm and 85mm PC-E lenses. I would not recommend Nikon if someone plans to put together a kit with these very expensive lenses.
Canon has provided this key feature on all their tilt shift lenses for many years. For someone investing in tilt shift lenses it would be worth considering getting them from Canon along with a Canon DSLR.
i don't have any experienced nor ever needed t-s lens in my line of work.
why does one need to swap the t-s mechanism? is there an advantage to have that option?
tntcorp wrote:
i don't have any experienced nor ever needed t-s lens in my line of work.
why does one need to swap the t-s mechanism? is there an advantage to have that option?
Sometimes you need the tilt axis orthogonal to the shift axis and sometimes not - that's what's taken care of by the service mod for older Nikon Lenses
On the Canon 24mm mk1, 45mm and 90mm (mk1) this change could be done yourself, since it requires no parts, just a good screwdriver and a bit of care.
On the Canon 17mm / 24mm mk2 / 50mm / 90mm (mk2) / 135mm the axes can be freely adjusted in the same way as the PC 19mm
I have my original TS-E90 changed since I found it more worthwhile for product work, but unfortunately have not been able to justify spending on the exceedingly good TS-E90mm F2.8L Macro
The free adjustment gives increased flexibility when you want to combine tilt to place the plane of focus along an arbitrary plane and use shift for perspective/viewpoint adjustment.
It's one of those things you never think of until you need it ;-)
If you're new to T/S then I've lots of info and guides at:
That's a great review of a lens that I will hopefully be able to buy soon, to replace my Fuji GX680/50mm lens. Just waiting for the D880 and a bunch of monies
keith_cooper wrote:
Sometimes you need the tilt axis orthogonal to the shift axis and sometimes not - that's what's taken care of by the service mod for older Nikon Lenses
On the Canon 24mm mk1, 45mm and 90mm (mk1) this change could be done yourself, since it requires no parts, just a good screwdriver and a bit of care.
On the Canon 17mm / 24mm mk2 / 50mm / 90mm (mk2) / 135mm the axes can be freely adjusted in the same way as the PC 19mm
I have my original TS-E90 changed since I found it more worthwhile for product work, but unfortunately have not been able to justify spending on the exceedingly good TS-E90mm F2.8L Macro
The free adjustment gives increased flexibility when you want to combine tilt to place the plane of focus along an arbitrary plane and use shift for perspective/viewpoint adjustment.
It's one of those things you never think of until you need it ;-)
If you're new to T/S then I've lots of info and guides at:
