p.5 #2 · Samyang 24mm tilt-shift lens - now announced
goosemang wrote:
this should be interesting. i'd like to try out a t/s but there's no way i'm paying for the canon 17 or 24. this may finally introduce a viable option
You can pick up a used 24 TSE MK1 for around $800 if you want to just give T/S a try.
p.5 #4 · Samyang 24mm tilt-shift lens - now announced
As an old MF/LF shooter from the 1960's I will welcome this lens for landscape/architectural work on D800E presuming it will have independently moveable axes like the current Canon line.
Now, if Nikon brings out the rumored 17mm and refreshes the old line I'll be adding those to the kit. C'mon, Nikon!!
p.5 #5 · Samyang 24mm tilt-shift lens - now announced
sebboh wrote:
medium format typically has a longer flange distance making it more complicated. the optics aren't necessarily any more complicated than some of the lenses samyang already makes. it's the need to actually make precision machined parts that makes T/S so expensive. autofocus has removed the need for a lot of precision in lens manufacturing and the tilt shift mechanism manufacturing can't really be shared with any higher volume products. the mechanism isn't complex though, it just requires a high level of precision.
That's true, but for t/s a far bigger image circle is needed, one that's more comparable with medium format. Or to put in another way: a larger FoV when shifting.
p.5 #6 · Samyang 24mm tilt-shift lens - now announced
U.C. wrote:
That's true, but for t/s a far bigger image circle is needed, one that's more comparable with medium format. Or to put in another way: a larger FoV when shifting.
This is my understanding as well. It seems like it took Canon a little time to sort out the abberations and challenges caused by tilt/shifting to max levels. I'm sure it is easy to just make a larger image circle, but not so easy to make one that is very sharp and free of distortion/abberations. Also think that corner-corner sharpness is more important on a TS lens since they tend to find a lot of use in architectural and tilting for max DOF.
p.5 #8 · Samyang 24mm tilt-shift lens - now announced
U.C. wrote:
That's true, but for t/s a far bigger image circle is needed, one that's more comparable with medium format. Or to put in another way: a larger FoV when shifting.
but since the flange distance remains the same you can basically just scale up a wider angle lens. i believe this is what olympus did with their OM 24 PC – it was basically a scaled up version of their 18mm. samyang could probably do something similar scaling up their 14mm (a plenty complex lens design incidently), though since this is a 24mm it will probably be a completely new design.
p.5 #9 · Samyang 24mm tilt-shift lens - now announced
I'm waiting for this lens. Have to say I'm really impressed with the 35mm 1.4 from Samyang. Too bad they didn't break the mold a bit a go with a 21mm tilt shift. That would have been perfect.
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p.5 #10 · Samyang 24mm tilt-shift lens - now announced
Hardcore wrote:
I'm waiting for this lens. Have to say I'm really impressed with the 35mm 1.4 from Samyang. Too bad they didn't break the mold a bit a go with a 21mm tilt shift. That would have been perfect.
This way there's hope for an even wider TS lens.
p.5 #12 · Samyang 24mm tilt-shift lens - now announced
sebboh wrote:
but since the flange distance remains the same you can basically just scale up a wider angle lens. i believe this is what olympus did with their OM 24 PC – it was basically a scaled up version of their 18mm. samyang could probably do something similar scaling up their 14mm (a plenty complex lens design incidently), though since this is a 24mm it will probably be a completely new design.
I understand, but also wide-angle lenses are more difficult and costly to make. That's why you don't see fast uwa lenses (faster than f/2.8).
Samyang Optics is about to release a new lens with the perspective control function — Samyang T-S 24mm 1:3.5 ED AS UMC. The official product presentation will take place on September 18th 2012, during international photographic Photokina fairs held in Cologne.
New Samyang T-S 24mm 1:3.5 ED AS UMC is a wide-angle, full-frame lens fitted with the perspective control and tilt-shift functions. Its unique optical and mechanical construction makes it an ideal tool for architecture and landscape photography. The product will be also extremely useful when convergence of the lines in the frame is required. Owing to the mechanism of optical axis tilt, focus depth operation brings utterly new quality and possibilities, enabling photographers to shape the image according to their individual needs, both on digital and nalog carriers.
Optical design of Samyang T-S 24mm 1:3.5 ED AS UMC comprises of sixteen lenses arranged in eleven groups, including two aspherical lens and two lens made of ED glass with low dispersion factor. Thanks to this solution, the lens perfectly reproduces detailed elements and gives splendid image plasticity, also with the T-S function on. Each optical component of the product was covered with multi-layered, anti-reflective UMC coatings, which provide great light transmission factor, high contrasts and render only natural colors of the photographed scene. With sophisticated optics and developed T-S function, Samyang T-S 24mm 1:3.5 ED AS UMC is currently the most advanced lens produced by Samyang Optics and may compete with similar lenses of other brands.
Tilt-Shift function
Tilt-Shift function in Samyang T-S 24mm 1:3.5 ED AS UMC allows for smooth and individual adjustment of the focus plane angle by +/-8.5 and enables parallel shift of the optical axis by +/-12 millimeters. To make Tilt-Shift function even more seamless, both the lens mount as well as Tilt-Shift section may be rotated on the optical axis. The Tilt-Shift section may be rotated left by 90 degrees (with 30 degree adjustment), while mount of the lens may be rotated both in left and right direction by 90 degrees, also with 30 degree adjustment.
Samyang T-S 24mm 1:3.5 ED AS UMC will be available with mounts for Canon EF, Nikon F, Pentax K and Sony A.
Samyang T-S 24mm 1:3.5 ED AS UMC Specifications
Aperture Range F3.5-22
Optical Construction 16 elements in 11 groups / 2 aspherical elements
Minimum Focus 0.2m
Filter thread 82mm
Maximum Diameter 86mm
Angle of view 83.5° (35mm full frame)
Length 110.5mm (Nikon F mount)
Tilt movement +/-8°; rotates 90° relative to shift movement
Shift movement +/-12mm; rotates +/- 90° relative to lens mount
It looks really interesting! I'll definitely buy one and compare it to my 17mm TS-E
p.5 #17 · Samyang 24mm tilt-shift lens - now announced
I really hope this a a success, then bring on the other focal lengths! We Nikon users have been stuck with their lousy fixed-orientation T/S mechanism for too long!
