In other words, she
In other words, she
Originally Posted by Sean Setters
HA! I wish!
Hi Denise what plans do you have for the TS-E? I
Steve U
Wine, Food and Photography Student and Connoisseur
Denise, Congrats on the new lens---But I have to ask, Why a TS lens? I normally think of TS lenses being beneficial for architecture etc, but I haven
Bob
It looks like I sparked the curiousity of a few as to the logic behind my madness!
From what I had read (and I read everything I could find) about this lens is it was a very sharp lens and could be used for portraits, architecture, product photography and landscapes and also near macro capabilities. Bryan's first sentence in his review ..."The first tilt/shift lens Canon produced, the Canon TS-E 90mm f/2.8 Tilt-Shift Lens, is also Canon's highest optical performing tilt/shift lens" helped me decide on the 90mm even though I don't have a FF at the moment. He also stated, "The Canon TS-E 90mm f/2.8 Tilt-Shift Lens has nearly no light fall-off even wide open (f/2.8) unless shifted to near limits on a full frame body. CA is very well controlled on my first copy of this lens - better than the other TS-E lenses, but my second copy does exhibit a small amount wide open. Flare-resistance is high - flare only shows up with the sun actually in the picture (or similar extreme circumstances). Distortion is very well controlled.Combining a 90mm focal length and a 1.6' (.5m) minimum focus distance yields a very nice magnification of .29x. Even higher magnification performance can be achieved with the addition of extension tubes. Adding the Canon 12mm Extension tube allows magnification of .43x and adding the Canon 25mm Extension tube allows magnification of .6x. "
With all that, I liked that it was f/2.8 wide open and I wanted something that I could do some creativity with. I will use it for head shots when I have someone's head to take a shot of [:P] but I mostly wanted it for taking photos of the flowers in my gardens and of bees and butterflies. Yeah, I know I have a macro to do that but not in the same way that I can with this lens (once I learn how)!
I got a chance to use it for alittle while tonight but keep in mind I still really don't know how to tilt, rotate and shift to get the affects that I want but here a few shots I took. I love the sharpness, bokeh, saturation and that once I learn how, I can focus and blur where and how I want.
These are just trial and error shots ...
For this one, I love the sharpness at f/2.8 and the fact that this was handheld at 1/40 while manual focusing of course.
This one was also handheld but at 1/125. I like that I was able to choose what I wanted in focus and that it came out ok even though the fish was moving around alot.
This one was handheld at 1/30. Love the sharpness and background blur.
Handheld at 1/20. I was able to just focus on the company name (a plug for the company I work for)!
A few more random shots ...
The last one would have turned out better had I used a tripod instead of handholding at 1/25 and the lighting was awful! Like I said, I have lots to learn but comments welcomed!
Denise
That is cool, Denise. I like the white and pink flowers the best and the root beer. It looks very sharpindeed, or is that just your sublime photographic talent?
How was the whole FM experience?
Steve
Steve U
Wine, Food and Photography Student and Connoisseur
Thanks, Steve!
My FM experience was very positive! I also bought a macro slider from another person there and both items came within a couple days, packaged like brand new and in perfect condition! This lens didn't have one speck of dust on it and now signs of wear. I haven't used the macro slider yet but it looks perfect. Best part, I saved a ton of $$$!!
Denise
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