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John Mills
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Registered: Aug 23, 2007
Location: Australia
Posts: 380
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Review Date: Oct 24, 2009
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: Not Indicated
| Rating: 10
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Build Quality, Sharpness, Rectilinear
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Cost
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I have the TSE 17mm and now the 24mm Series II, I prefer the 17mm, but the 24 sure comes a close second. Sharpness is fantastic, so is the contrast. Thanks again Canon for a gem.
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 Oct 24, 2009
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Stephen Byard
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Location: United Kingdom
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Review Date: Oct 12, 2009
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: Not Indicated
| Rating: 10
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Sharp, good conrast and colour, no flare, independant shift and tilt, less vignette when using filters than Mk I version. tilt lock at zero
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Price, knobs still small and fiddly (Winter will be fun). No shift lock at zero
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I used the Mk I version for my landscapes for 18 months, producing sharp results with good IQ.
The new Mk II version moves the standard on, with good control of flare and excellent IQ and sharpness all round.
Everything is just that little bit better, although I have minor gripes about the small knobs, which will be worse in Winter!
Could not find one in the UK for love nor money, and ended up getting one from Hong Kong.
82mm filter thread not an issue as I use Lee filters, so it just meant getting the correct ring. I use a 2-filter holder and Lee 105mm polariser. Vignette start at higher levels of shift, but quite acceptable. As with a plate camera, larger tilt will cause under-exposure on the side opposite where the lens is further away from the sensor - so you just grad for this if required.
The metering can be out by up to three stops, so best to use Live-View when metering. For non live-view cmaeras, set expsoure prior to tilt/shift
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Oct 12, 2009
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Roy Pertchik
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Location: United States
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Review Date: Sep 27, 2009
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: Not Indicated
| Rating: 10
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This review will sound like a stupid review because there is nothing bad to say. Sharp from corner to corner wide open, shifted, tilted (when appropriate), CA negligible if at all.
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Needlessly bulky lens cap. Will need a home brew to fit 5.65x5.65 sheet glass filters for circ pol and ND.
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Couldn't be happier with this lens. It's stupidly sharp all over, wide open, and shifted it's still pretty sharp in the most extreme corners, too. Stopped down, it's fantastic every where. It no CA to speak of. Astounding. Shifted, it's equivalent to an 11mm lens on a FF. Surreal.
Buying this lens allowed me to sell off my 16-35 II, which was no where near as sharp in the corners or even in the center. Also selling off 24T&S. I now carry the 17mm T&S, a 24L 1.4, a 50L 1.2, a 70-200 2.8IS, a 1.4TC, and with two bodies (ff and cropper), I have everything I could possibly need.
This is not only the best wide Canon has made in many years or possibly ever, it is also a great, great optic that I am certain will become a legend.
If you like tilt and shift, you will be very hapy with this as your wide end solution.
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Sep 27, 2009
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Elpamas
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Registered: Sep 25, 2009
Location: Indonesia
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Review Date: Sep 26, 2009
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: $2,000.00
| Rating: 10
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Sharp all the way to the corners! Built like a tank, yet it focuses firmly and smoothly.
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A little bit on the heavy side... but feels great on my 5D!
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I got it just a few days before my trip to Japan last month. This baby was almost never detached from my 5D. It definitely put my 16-35mm L II to shame. This is the second high-quality L lens that I own after my 70-200 f4 L IS. Every shot that I took with it was quite a religious experience. The built quality of this lens is second to none. It is wonderfully sharp and gives very negligible distortions. The firmness of the focusing ring and the smoothness of the tilt/shift gears work like magic.
Words of caution: should you decide to adjust the tilt or/and shift, more than 6 degrees, make sure you set the aperture to f11-f16 to eliminate softness around the edges. Anything smaller than f16 won't have greater effects other than degrading the picture quality. Just read the manual that comes with the lens and you'll be fine.
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Sep 26, 2009
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tom guffey
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Location: United States
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Review Date: Sep 25, 2009
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: Not Indicated
| Rating: 10
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Solid, well built, excellent optics, better working range than the earlier
T/S lens.
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None
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This lens represents what we've come to expect from the quality leader in the industry......keep up the good work Canon.
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Sep 25, 2009
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SKumar25
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Location: Australia
Posts: 2060
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Review Date: Sep 23, 2009
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: $2,200.00
| Rating: 10
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Lack of CA, sharpness, colours, contrast, build quality, allows for filters.
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MF, little bulky.
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This is an exceptional lens. The edge to edge IQ on FF is astonishing. It is very sharp wide open, one can achieve critically sharp corners by stopping down a stop or two. The lens is sharp across the frame.
It renders landscapes very well, with a great balance of colour and contrast.
The focus confirm is very reliable and allows me to use this MF lens as a general purpose lens, taking photos of family, objects etc.
Very well done Canon!
Not sure how anyone could rate this a 8/10, yet write that it is an excellent lens!?!
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Sep 23, 2009
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felipin
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Location: Spain
Posts: 84
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Review Date: Sep 20, 2009
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: Not Indicated
| Rating: 10
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Sharpness, overall image quality, lack of CA, extended shifting capabilities, build quality, design (it's nice!), independent shift/tilt
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None. Well, it is not exactly cheap...
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After using the 24 TS-E I, which is still a good lens, the Mark II will amaze you. Kudos for Canon engineering!
As others have said, this may be, with ease, the best wide angle lens ever built by any brand for 35mm photography...
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Sep 20, 2009
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ben egbert
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Location: United States
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Review Date: Aug 15, 2009
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: $2,199.00
| Rating: 10
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Image quality, lack of distortion and vignetting
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bit hard to get used to the controls, requires new filter., Need to learn to manual focus without focus confirm when in tilit or shift mode.
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Very sharp corner to corner. Great build quality. Compared to my 17-40, it is much sharper, especially in the corners and edges, and has no noticeable distortion or vignetting (above f5.6) or CA. These were my main reasons to get this lens. I use this on a 1DS-mk3.
Going to take some time to learn how to focus this when tilt or shift is required because focus confirmation is inaccurate when shifted or tilted. Also going to take some time to memorize all the movements. I rotated for side to side tilt and it took a while to get everything back for up down tilt and up down shift.
After taking a few ultra deep dof shots using tilt, I suspect I will not need it often on a 24 used mostly for landscapes. Stopping down to f8 or f11 provided very deep dof without tilt. But the shift function means no more pointing the camera up or down for composition, or getting on these old hands and knees to get the shot.
I strongly considered the 24 f1.4mk2 but I wanted to get some experience with a tilt shift lens with the thought of adding a 17 and 90 in the future.
Personal difficulties aside, this is fantastic lens, highly recommended.
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Aug 15, 2009
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JWilsonphoto
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Registered: Jan 16, 2002
Location: United States
Posts: 24862
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Review Date: Aug 13, 2009
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: $2,399.00
| Rating: 10
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Build quality and features
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None, except the entry fee.
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I have shot thousands of images with my two series I 24 TS lenses. While the I is a great lens, the series II is in a league all it's own. The build quality and the thought that went into it's features are obvious the minute you take it out of the box.
Sharpness and contrast exceed the level I was expecting. This lens is worth every penny of it's considerable price.
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Aug 13, 2009
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Henning
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Registered: Jun 9, 2004
Location: Canada
Posts: 191
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Review Date: Aug 5, 2009
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: Not Indicated
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Pros:
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Much improved image quality over the MkI version. Very useable on 21mp FF cameras. Improved handling over MkI as well.
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Size, weight. Far corners could still stand improvement.
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I've used or owned most shift lenses made over the last 40 years, and still have 5. The best one for 35mm was the old 35TS for the FD mount. I had bought the 24TS-E with the expectation that it at least wouldn't embarrass itself in comparison. Unfortunately, it did. I used it on film when nothing but a 24 shifted would do, but usually I preferred using a 28PC Nikkor and later a 28 Schneider SA on Canon EOS to the 24TS-E.
When Nikon came out with their new 24TS and their 14-24 zoom, I seriously thought about getting back into Nikon. Fortunately, I hung in there and now have the 24TS-E MKII. It is everything I had hoped for with the first one, and then some. Image quality is generally excellent, with extremely low levels of CA, and when stopped down has at least decent image quality right into the corners. The very far corners when shifted are usually not quite as important in any case, so I'm not concerned. For the most part this lens can make reasonable use of the 21mp FF cameras, although the sensors could handle a bit more resolution than this lens can provide.
The new mount is very good. Handling is still a little clumsy, but it has been much improved with the tilt lock and the easily adjustable axes.
In any case, here finally is an excellent wide angle lens from Canon. No need to look to Nikon. My 17 should be here shortly, and I can get rid of some of the old manual focus third party lenses. My faith in Canon has improved.
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Aug 5, 2009
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davidrwilliams
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Registered: Nov 15, 2004
Location: Canada
Posts: 628
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Review Date: Aug 1, 2009
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: Not Indicated
| Rating: 10
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Stunningly good IQ - superb contrast, sharpness, CA and flare resistance and very high flexibility with large shift movements, tilt, and the ability to change tilt and shift axes on the fly.
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Price and the related cost of 82mm filters.
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This is simply an amazing lens, with the best IQ of any lens I've ever shot with - Canon L's, Hasselblad/Zeiss SWC/M, Medium Format, whatever - it's just superb.
As shown in a number of the initial images posted on FM and the tests on the-digital-picture.com, this lens has very high IQ from f/3.5 and down, with virtually no CA, high contrast and extremely high resolution. Even the bokeh in out-of-focus areas is great.
Build quality is top notch - not as much metal as the old 24/45/90mm TS-E's, but very solid, tight and well assembled with no slop in the controls and secure tilt and shift locks. The lens also now includes a switch to completely lock the tilt control of the lens prevent the lens from accidentally tilting when not desired and ruining a shot by messing with your focal plane.
If you don't need the extra width of the 17mm TS-E this lens is highly recommended for architectural and landscape use as well as for creative depth-of-field control in wide-angle shots.
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Aug 1, 2009
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