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[8 of 8 customers found this review helpful]
from Los Angeles on 12/30/2007
Comments about Canon Canon TS-E 45mm f/2.8 Tilt and Shift Manual Focus Lens - USA:
For the unitiated: this is really a unique lens; you can just grab it and go, shooting normally, as manual focus-only, and it will render quite sharp, contrastive images.
However, the real fun behind this type of lens is the tilt/shift mechanism, it allows you to place your depth of field in a way that's independent of the usual f/stop method. It also allows the user to rotate the whole assemblage about the camera axis, so your T/S features can be angled at nearly any plane you see fit (it features 30° detentes on the rotate as well), so you're not merely limited to focus plane alteration in the horizontal.
It's a rewarding lens to use, very versatile, but you really must shoot a lot with it to get the hand of the T/S concepts and be able to effectively use them to capture what you've envisioned.
The T/S effects are most notable on a full-frame body, this is both good and bad (Chrom. Ab., vignetting, etc (no free lunch!)....however I'd recommend that one pairs it with a a FF sensor body so as to further your potential for unique perspectives with this lens.
[0 of 2 customers found this review helpful]
from San Diego, CA on 5/8/2007
Comments about Canon Canon TS-E 45mm f/2.8 Tilt and Shift Manual Focus Lens - USA:
good quality lens. Tilt/shift effects work well however, not as dramatic as a large format bellows tilt effect. Great lens nonetheless.
[0 of 6 customers found this review helpful]
from Weston, FL on 2/5/2007
Comments about Canon Canon TS-E 45mm f/2.8 Tilt and Shift Manual Focus Lens - USA:
Hard to use the lens but the photos come really NICE!