Thread: My new Baby: Canon TS-E 24mm f/3.5 L Tilt-Shift Lens

A few of you have already seen these in my blog, but since my blog either sucks or my hosting blows...I thought I'd open up some of the same pictures here.

So here is my new baby:











you can tilt, shift, or rotate the lens in relation to the sensor plane

Nice toy! What you buying me?

Originally Posted by GRIM

Nice toy! What you buying me?

protein powder!!!

I still owe about $400 to our discover card before I can take care of that though mg:

that cool for your dd

that must cost you a bomb! How much do you pay for the Canon TS-E 24mm f/3.5 L Tilt-Shift Lens?

Mine is better


:P

Originally Posted by esidyo

that cool for your dd

yessir!

Originally Posted by whizzkid

that must cost you a bomb! How much do you pay for the Canon TS-E 24mm f/3.5 L Tilt-Shift Lens?

a lot! as much as I paid for the camera body!!

Originally Posted by i13

Mine is better


:P

that is until your TP gets taken over by carpenter ants~
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one of the creative uses for the lens is being able to control the DOF of your subject.

The hairbrush could be done easily enough with any lens as the point of focus & DOF is parallel to the sensor but that of the keyboard is at an angle which is inherit to the TSE lens.







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by combining the tilt & shift functions together and using a very large aperture F/3.5 you can get what is nicknamed "miniature model look"

You spent money on that old thing?

My mother can take blurry pics without any hi tech gear.

Originally Posted by Halobitt

You spent money on that old thing?

My mother can take blurry pics without any hi tech gear.

her and about every other parent with camera right!
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I updated my blog, ditched the funked up shareapic widget, removed the flickr recent photo feed, and changed the display of posts from 5 to 3.

I wonder if that is enough to help the slow molasses type loading of it! Since it's obvious GoDaddy will never admit that their cheap hosting is cheap for a reason!

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some more "blurry" ones :evil:

I don't know much about cameras or pictures...............but that looks nice and expensive!!!!

Originally Posted by Hurley4540

I don't know much about cameras or pictures...............but that looks nice and expensive!!!!

and it's heavy

Shawn posted about fake tilt shift photography a couple of years back, maybe I shouldn't tell you that now that you've spent a wad of cash on the lens.

Very pretty pics though Tim.

Is there a lens that you can get where everything is in focus? I think one was used in a scene in Pulp Fiction.

Originally Posted by Halobitt

Shawn posted about fake tilt shift photography a couple of years back, maybe I shouldn't tell you that now that you've spent a wad of cash on the lens.

Very pretty pics though Tim.

Is there a lens that you can get where everything is in focus? I think one was used in a scene in Pulp Fiction.

I like to spend the wads mg:mg:mg:, mg:mg:

I knew

you can also do the lens convergence correction in PS as well but the results aren't as good AND that would mean more PS time...not exactly my cup of Tim Horton's (coffee)

thanks

This was a classic crumple and fold by our mailman...must not have been our usual guy. The y usually just dropped these things off at the front door instead of cramming a large object into a tiny hole mg:













ironic thing is that it's a package from Photrade...hopefully no prints in there

notice the DOF due to the tilt action of the lens. With a normal lens the DOF would have been perpendicular to the camera. in fact to achieve a shallow DOF only small fragment of the envelope would have been in focus and none of the broken glass (which of course is offcially unrelated to the kg)

more mini mansions

Originally Posted by GRIM

Nice toy! What you buying me?

I thought you sold toys, Grim! :twisted:

Omg just saw those pictures.........AMAZING!!! mg:

Originally Posted by Red Hot Mama

I thought you sold toys, Grim! :twisted:

"tinker" toys mg::twisted:

Originally Posted by Hurley4540

Omg just saw those pictures.........AMAZING!!! mg:

thanks! there's more where that came from

I bet there are more where that came from

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That is a mighty fine lens you have there.

Originally Posted by CompuSupport

That is a mighty fine lens you have there.

I'd marry it but a) I'm already married and b) it might be against the law (aside from a))

can't wait to try it out on food and people or food & people

wow,the lens is even more expensive than the camera.

Originally Posted by c55

wow,the lens is even more expensive than the camera.

ahh, that's b/c (most of the time) the glass(i.e. the lenses) are the most important thing

I have 2 lenses that are more expensive than the body

here's why I suck @ the English...I thought it was Capital not Capitol

I mean I knew there was a difference but apparently not which was witch!



So, here is the Texas state Capitol!
here we see a regular 24mm shot and then the same shot but with the tilt shift applied.





same here, one reg, one TS



can you see the difference?

Originally Posted by timsdd

can you see the difference?

Yes! Especially in the first set. So those were taken from the exact same spot? :eek:

Originally Posted by Red Hot Mama

Yes! Especially in the first set. So those were taken from the exact same spot? :eek:

yeah pretty much. I'm not sure if I drifted or not, but as I recall I stood in the same spot and fiddled with the lens

Originally Posted by GRIM

Nice toy! What you buying me?

I would have replied a blow up doll, a candle, matches, case of beer and a video camera to film the events as they unfold.

new ones! feel free to either a) visit my blog to see the story lines behind them or b) give me guff @ DP for cross posting




I will tell you though that even I make dunder headed mistakes...these from the parking garage were supposed to be done with the "mini" look in mind but I dorked up. I used F/16 for the aperture instead of F/3.5!!

Originally Posted by timsdd

Really nice pics, the one thing I never get about these photos is... How the hell do you get up so high?

Originally Posted by dancom96

Really nice pics, the one thing I never get about these photos is... How the hell do you get up so high?

thanks!


this particular area is on a 'mountain' though I suspect it's less than 1K feet.

the distance is amplified by the lens, making it seem ever further away...wish I had some normal shots with a similar focal length but I don't ATM

omg.. it's too expensive for me but i guess this one is a great lens

Originally Posted by Finderz

omg.. it's too expensive for me but i guess this one is a great lens

yeah, it's pretty pricey but then again all the good to great ones are!

Looks like I might be able to try it out on foods pics pretty soon, talking to my chef friend on Sunday...he's in the middle of launching a web site for chefs

how long was labor?...

Originally Posted by Stax

how long was labor?...

5 days as it shipped over a weekend, UPS 3 days select but still! :twisted:

Originally Posted by timsdd

5 days as it shipped over a weekend, UPS 3 days select but still! :twisted:

wow, that was a long one lol

Originally Posted by Stax

wow, that was a long one lol

tell me about it. never order on a friday