5/16/2023 0 Comments Tiltshift apertureIt’s certainly fun to experiment with and create new works of art. The lens has many dials to manually adjust focus, aperture, tilt and shift settings. Using this lens is certainly very different from a typical lens experience. ![]() But to attain a classic FD mount TS and adapt it to modern cameras makes a lot of sense for fine art photos on the cheap! For many photographers, spending thousands of dollars on a single specialty lens (like the modern TS) just doesn’t make much sense. But, for our artistic purposes we are happy having another tool available to create an ethereal effect. Comparing these two lenses isn’t quite the same technically. We picked up our classic tilt shift from eBay for much less than a modern 24mm TS. This practice works exceptionally well in wide angle lenses to help achieve a shallower DOF. Of course creatives realized they could use the tilt feature to not only improve focus, but also to dramatically de-focus the scene as well! This can create an alluring look that has lent itself to the fine art and wedding photography look for decades. While architecture photography was perhaps the lens’s initial design purpose… many other commercial applications have been discovered since its inception. This is particularly helpful for photographing structures in wide angle photos to keep the buildings as straight up and down as possible. The tilt function of the lens allows the focus plane to be altered to control the depth of field for part of the image, often referred to as perspective control. ![]() In 1973 Canon introduced the world’s first ever 35mm Tilt Shift lens! It was designed to help architecture photographers correct the unnatural perspectives often encountered when photographing buildings. Canon 35mm Tilt Shift 2.8 The Original Tilt Shift Lens
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