Tilt shift lenses

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I've been hankering after a tilt shift lens for years, but as they're quite specialist and bloody expensive I don't have one yet.

Could those of you that do use them give me some more information?

On a full frame camera would 17mm or 24mm be better for cityscapes etc? Obviously one is a lot wider but would you still get distortion due to the width even though you can correct the verticals?

Do you use it a lot or is it a once in a blue moon lens? Or the go to for landscapes?

Anything else I should know before waiting for the wife to forget I previously mentioned the price while saving up?

[Speed addicted]

You can use software to correct the distortion but it's not perfect and you tend to loose some definition.

Plus I tend to collect gear...

[Speed addicted]

Cheers!

Would you go for the 24 because it's a more useful focal length or are there other reasons?

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Thanks, that's a great help.
It'll take some time to get my head around the different ways this can be used. This started because I wanted straight buildings!

So for landscapes I take it you shift/stitch for essentially a wider view that isn't distorted (as it would be on something like a 17mm) and use tilt for better depth of field?

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Thanks all, that's me sold!
Now I just need to get the cash together...

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So the question is how much time do you spend with the extender fitted compared to without?

(just had a look at your site, lovely stuff)

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I use the 24-105 pretty much all the time (on the 5d mm3), I did have a 10-20 on my previous 7d giving about the same view as the 17mm would on full frame.

I found that for the 10mm end to be useful you needed to either be really close or looking at something huge! Looking at the shots I liked 15ish was the most common.

So I'd like a 21mm TS-E please!

I think the 24mm may be the most use for me, even while shooting architecture.

One of my wife's mates is an architect and has asked me if I could get some shots of things they've built. It's as good an excuse to get the lens as I've ever had!

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Looking at used lenses the mk1 version is going for around £650, with the mk2 at £1200 upwards.
I understand that on the mk1 you can't move the tilt/shift parts separately.

Anyone used both?

I'm thinking about hiring one when I get home from the rig to give me a better idea of how it all works.