tilt and shift photography

[Scho]

just had a play around with my new TS-E lens yesterday eve.

what does everyone think?

[tank slapper]

I like the top one. It looks almost like a model.

[Furyous]

What he said ^^^^

Very model like.

[scotty328i]

Thats the idea

[TonyHetherington]

How does a "tilt and shift" lens work then? Or more so, how do you use rather than how it works (because I probably wouldn't understand even if you explained )

[stigmundfreud]

TonyHetherington said:

How does a "tilt and shift" lens work then? Or more so, how do you use rather than how it works (because I probably wouldn't understand even if you explained )

what he said

[Scho]

well...

in a normal lens the plane of focus is fixed parralel with the film/sensor/camera.

movements like tilt and shift allow you to move the plane of focus in order to produce funky results.

check out the links:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tilt-shift_photograph...

http://www.northlight-images.co.uk/article_pages/t...

enjoy :-)

[stigmundfreud]

my christmas toy

so how do you control the shift on the landscape shots?

Also what kit did you take those shots on as the colour is very nice

[Scho]

use as much tilt as possible and then adjust framing with the shift function to keep the verticles verticle.

you can alter where the point of focus is with MF.

great lens for straight photography too as it's nice and sharp. great for buildings...going tpo shoot some automotive with it the week and see what happens.

all shot on 5d 1 sec ish @ F3.5 100 iso BTW

rick.

[2jamesl]

yeah they look really nice, give the impression you have put macro mode on a miniature life.

[tog]

Scho said:

well...

in a normal lens the plane of focus is fixed parralel with the film/sensor/camera.

movements like tilt and shift allow you to move the plane of focus in order to produce funky results.

check out the links:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tilt-shift_photograph...

http://www.northlight-images.co.uk/article_pages/t...

enjoy :-)

That Wikipedia article is slightly disingenuous, as tilt and shift lenses are far more widely used to maximise depth of field than to minimise it. The current fashion with the 'miniature' look and minimising depth of field is really only taking a tool designed chiefly with one purpose in mind and using it for another. I'm not that there's anything wrong with that at all, but to understand how it works, you should really understand the Scheimpflug principle for maximising depth of field, and then you'll see that the use of lens movements to minimse it is a just a welcome pictorial side effect. Of course to get the full effect you need a great big view camera.

[Scho]

your right. it's only one side of the coin. and a bit of a gimick really...

just sold my sinar P and the rest of my LF gear as well as my car for a house deposit.

some of my large format work is on here: http://rickschofield.co.uk

trying to get away from large format photography and work a bit more freely ;-)

Edited by Scho on Monday 29th October 18:48

[jcosh]

These Canon T&S lenses are a reasonable compromise for architectural work. I've been using them for a few years since shelving my 5x4/Fuji 680 gear. They are a little limited though and don't offer the same level of movements as the Sinar etc. They are also prone to barrel distortion when working with a subject that is close to the lens. ie a door frame or similar. This needs to be sorted in post production and adds yet more time to the work flow.

A fair amount of the work here is shot using them:

http://www.visualeye.biz/

Cheers Jonathan

[Scho]

nice work Jonathan,

are you lighting those domestic interiors?

[jcosh]

Scho said:

nice work Jonathan,

are you lighting those domestic interiors?

Thanks

Yes, all interiors are lit with flash, anything from one to several heads depending on the circumstances.

Cheers Jonathan