Comments about Nikon Nikon 24mm f/3.5 Perspective Control-E Nikkor Aspherical Lens, USA Warranty:

For conditions where you can take the time to set up the tilt and perform the manual focus, this is a fantastic lens. I have found all sorts of applications to take images that could not be achieved with a regular lens. Yes, it's expensive, but wow! It allows me to get images that many photographers cannot achieve, even with software. Using does take some practice. However, there is a neat iPhone app available that can be used to help get the settings in the ball park prior to looking through the lens. That is quite helpful. Do be careful with the rotating release lever, as it is close to the lens release lever!

Comments about Nikon Nikon 24mm f/3.5 Perspective Control-E Nikkor Aspherical Lens, USA Warranty:

As a newbie digital SLR refugee from a past life of large format sheet film
landscape work this lens was to me a 'must have' item rather than the latest super zoom or exotic telephoto etc. The build quality has created some controversy, but my sample is free from the unfortunate reports of "tilt creep" that have been cropping up on some of these new Nikon PCE designs.

There are however significant design weaknesses: firstly the locking knobs for tilt and shift are tiny, flimsy and poorly placed very hard to operate and generally irritating; second - the axes of tilt and shift are not possible to adjust - ie you cannot use both in the same plane without a factory modification. Nonetheless if you have a need for this lens ( you know who you are) these are not deal breakers - but at the sticker price one would expect more. Clearance of the prism casing is fairly tight on the D700 on full rise. Check your body compatibility before purchase on this issue.

On the plus side, the large image circle delivers (the expected) excellent edge/corner sharpness at 2.8 and 4.0 although full shift causes marked corner vignetting on the shifted side - best to keep pano type shifts to +/- 8 0r 9 mm rather than rack it out to 11.5. My impression is that the 24 PCE is considerably sharper at the edges than my 17-35 f 2.8 at the same focal length. SInce the available tilt range is more than is necessary for most typical landscape work, I have not noticed any restrictions on image quality with using this movement. If you are at home with view camera movements whether in the field or studio this lens will reward you with at least partial relief from parallel plane prison while the irritating minor design flaws will probably lead you to a love-hate relationship with the new PCE design but Hey - Life is compromise :)

Comments about Nikon Nikon 24mm f/3.5 Perspective Control-E Nikkor Aspherical Lens, USA Warranty:

No coma,no flare,edge to edge sharpness even wide open,with accurate color rendition and contrast,on top of its abilities to shift,and swing.Very easy to manual focus.WILL BE A CLASSIC LENS.