#Choosing a tiltshift lens plus

Thanks to their longer focal lengths, the TS-E 90mm F2.8L Macro and TS-E 135mm F4L Macro are more suited to macro, product and portrait photography than architecture. Its tilt movement is more limited than the 24mm lens at +/-6.5°, but the shift is the same at 12mm and there’s independent rotation available for each to +/-90°. Meanwhile, the TS-E 17mm f/4L is useful for photographing skyscrapers and cramped interiors. However, it also has a closest focusing distance of 27.3cm at which it gives half life-size reproduction, making it attractive for product photography as well as architecture. Thanks to its ‘normal’ field of view, the TS-E 50mm F2.8L Macro also holds appeal, but naturally, you have to step further away from a building to get it all in the frame compared to the 24mm lens. It’s supplied with a large bowl-shaped hood and accepts 82mm filters.

#Choosing a tiltshift lens plus

It enables up to +/-8.5° and +/-12mm shift, plus +/-90° rotation is available for each movement independently. Of these, the Canon TS-E 24mm f/3.5L II is the ‘go-to’ lens for architecture photography because its angle of view is suitable for photographing large buildings without having to go too far back. There are also options from other companies such as Laowa and Samyang.īest Tilt-shift lenses by manufacturer: Best Tilt-shift lenses for CanonĬanon currently offers five tilt-shift lenses, all with the full-frame EF mount: the TS-E 17mm f/4L (£2,259), TS-E 24mm f/3.5L II (£1,999), TS-E 50mm F2.8L Macro (£2,439), TS-E 90mm F2.8L Macro (£2,439) and TS-E 135mm F4L Macro (£2,439).

The majority of tilt-shift lenses are made by Canon and Nikon, for their DSLR cameras, however, these can be used on mirrorless cameras, with an appropriate adapter. Tilt-and-shift lenses allow the shift movement to be rotated relative to the camera, for switching between landscape- and portrait-format shooting. Shifting the lens upwards allows the camera back to be kept upright when shooting architecture, to eliminate converging verticals (buildings appearing smaller the further away they are). They’re mostly used for studio-based product photography, and help improve depth-of-field.

Longer focal-length tilt-shift lenses are often designated as macros. Alternatively it can provide a ‘fake miniature’ effect. Tilting the lens can be used to extend the depth of field without having to stop down the aperture, letting you use faster shutter speeds, and avoid diffraction. How-to choose a tilt-shift lens Focal lengthĢ4mm wideangle lenses tend to be ideal for architectural exteriors, while wider optics are great for interiors. You’ll find that tilt-shift lenses help with not only architecture and interiors, but also product photography. Take control over the perspective and plane of focus in your architecture and interior photographs with one of the best tilt-shift lenses.