Canon TS-E 24mm Tilt-Shift Lens
I recently acquired a Canon 24mm tilt-shift lens along with a Sigma MC-11 mount convertor allowing me to attach the lens to my Sony A7IV. I also purchased a Rogeti TSE frame which mounts around the lens, keeping the lens in one place while the camera body is shifted around the lens.
The image above is the usual way a tilt-shift lens is used with the camera body sitting vertically and the lens shifted left and right giving a much wider perspective. The subject used in these examples is my deck and the Hummingbird plants I grow each season, shot on a rainy day.
The examples below show the typical images created with a tilt-shift and the added bonus of using the Rogeti frame, a 4 image, 45 degree tilted camera & lens giving a much wider final image, approxiamtely 251% larger than a standard photo.
All of the images were merged in the current version of Lightroom Classic which makes this a nearly effortless way to create a different way of looking at the world of photography.
A standard image, 24mm, camera horizontal, no shift or tilt.
A standard tilt-shift image, 24mm, camera horizontal 3 image composite with the camera shifted left and right.
A standard tilt-shift image, 24mm, camera vertical with the camera shifted up and down..
A horizontal & vertical 5 image composite with the camera shifted left and right & up and down, basically combining the 2 previous examples
A 4 image composite with the camera mounted at a 45` angle and the body turned horizontal allowing for a shift into the corners of the frame, basically completing the image above.
(The railing & post on the left of the image are both tilting to the left naturally from my having a rope attached to the top of the post pulling it to the left over the years for a Hummingbird feeder or three…:)
And the two images side by side, on the left the single no tilt or shift 24mm image.
On the right the 251% larger, 4 image, 45` tilt-shift composite.
A look at the A7IV with the Sigma MC-11 adapter and the 24mm tilt-shift lens with the Rogeti bracket attached.
Only the shift function on the lens can be used with the bracket attached since the tilt knob is neatly tucked away under the top of the bracket.
All of this leads to the question, couldn’t all of this be done with a wider angle lens, a few photos shot vertically, merged with a bit of cropping and tweaking for horizontals in Lightroom? Sure… but where’s the fun in that!
Personally I enjoy the process of shooting with the Canon 24mm tilt-shift, manual focus lens which really slows everything down making me pay much more attention to what I’m trying to create.
Now if only the rain would stop I may have a chance to find a better subject!
Canon TS-E 17mm & 24mm Tilt-Shift Lens Examples
A look at the A7IV with the Sigma MC-11 adapter and both the 17mm & 24mm tilt-shift lenses with the Rogeti bracket attached.
All of these images are bracketed 5 shot HDR’s shot out my front door on a sunny day that I needed to stick around for work.
All of the images were shot on a tripod in mostly the same position in the doorway.
Sony 14mm – 5 shot HDR for perspective. The 14mm is super wide with straight lines, I use it for all of my interior real estate shoots.
Canon 24mm tilt-shift single image – 5 shot HDR for perspective. The 24mm is fairly wide.
Canon 17mm tilt-shift single image – 5 shot HDR for perspective. The 17mm is super wide.
24mm Canon tilt-shift lens – 3 image horizontal pano shifted up and down. 5 bracketed images per shot.
17mm Canon tilt-shift lens – 3 image horizontal pano shifted up and down. 5 bracketed images per shot.
24mm Canon tilt-shift lens – 3 image vertical pano shifted left and right. 5 bracketed images per shot.
17mm Canon tilt-shift lens – 3 image vertical pano shifted left and right. 5 bracketed images per shot.
24mm Canon tilt-shift lens – 10 image pano shifted left, right, up, down and into each corner. 5 bracketed images per shot for a total of 50 shots.
17mm Canon tilt-shift lens – 9 image pano shifted left, right, up, down and into each corner. 5 bracketed images per shot for a total of 45 shots. 75% Boundary Warp used in Lightroom while merging this shot which gave me more of the stairs and sky.
17mm Canon tilt-shift lens – 9 image pano shifted left, right, up, down and into each corner. 5 bracketed images per shot for a total of 45 shots.
What the merged image looks like prior to applying boundary warp or cropping.
And lastly a side by side comparison of a 3 image vertical pano and a 10 image vertical, horizontal & shifted into the corners pano for each lens.
24mm Canon tilt-shift lens – 3 image vertical pano shifted left and right. 5 bracketed images per shot.
24mm Canon tilt-shift lens – 10 image pano shifted left, right, up, down and into each corner. 5 bracketed images per shot for a total of 50 shots.
17mm Canon tilt-shift lens – 3 image vertical pano shifted left and right. 5 bracketed images per shot.
17mm Canon tilt-shift lens – 9 image pano shifted left, right, up, down and into each corner. 5 bracketed images per shot for a total of 45 shots.