Canon TS-E 24mm f/3.5 L II Tilt-Shift Lens Review

[WAFKT]

Ahhhh [drool], I’ve been eying and anticipating the arrival of this lens for sometime. I think it will be either number 2 or 3 on my list of next purchases – just got the 300mm f2.8L IS USM this week, so I’m going to have to wait a few months for the bank account to recover. Hopefully by then this lens will be in stock for more than just a few hours. However, the next purchase will most likely have to be the new (to be released) 1D. It’s debatable whether to pick up this lens or the 5D Mark II after that. I’m thinking that this lens really haulers to be on a full frame camera.

[adam]

Great review (as usual). I felt like I was all cool with my shiny LNIB 24-105L until I read this


The size of the image circle covered by the new TS-E lenses is very interesting...it probably explains why the lenses are so sharp corner-to-corner, even in comparison to Canon's other excellent 24mm lenses. When a 24mm TS-E II is used on a full-frame camera with no tilt or shift, you're getting a similar sweet-spot advantage to the one that crop users normally get when using full-frame lenses...better edge sharpness and less vignetting. It's the same reason why certain ... types of people ... use adapted medium-format lenses on their 5Ds...a lens that is a slightly-above-average performer on a 645 camera is likely to be excellent when you're only using the middle of the lens.

[Fast Glass]

Wow, I didn't think Canon could make a 24mm prime this sharp.