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tokengirl
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The two main differences:
1. With v1, you can either set the tilt and shift in line with each other or at 90° from each other. in order to change from one to the other, you can either a) send it in to an authorized repair shop or Canon, or b) supposedly do it yourself by removing 4 tiny screws and rotating it. With v2, tilt and shift rotate independently of each other in variable increments by pressing a lever and turning the lens. This is a HUGE improvement in the functionality of the lens and totally worth the price of admission.
2. The optical improvement from v1 to v2 is very significant. v2 has no CA to speak of, it is incredibly sharp all the way to the corners unless you tilt all the way, there is no barrel distortion, and flare is extremely well controlled.
The v2 is worth every single penny IMO.
1. With v1, you can either set the tilt and shift in line with each other or at 90° from each other. in order to change from one to the other, you can either a) send it in to an authorized repair shop or Canon, or b) supposedly do it yourself by removing 4 tiny screws and rotating it. With v2, tilt and shift rotate independently of each other in variable increments by pressing a lever and turning the lens. This is a HUGE improvement in the functionality of the lens and totally worth the price of admission.
2. The optical improvement from v1 to v2 is very significant. v2 has no CA to speak of, it is incredibly sharp all the way to the corners unless you tilt all the way, there is no barrel distortion, and flare is extremely well controlled.
The v2 is worth every single penny IMO.
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tokengirl
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Robert Campbell
Well-known member
The quality remains long after the price has been forgotten
johnastovall
Deceased, but remembered fondly here...
An option for a t/s on the Sony, you might consider the Olympus OM 24mm as a tarting point. It would give you manual apature control.
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tokengirl
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I find that I am using the 24 TS-E II more than any other lens, and if you put a gun to my head and told me I could only keep one lens, this would be the one I would pick.
I had her out for an airboat ride and swamp walk yesterday:
I had her out for an airboat ride and swamp walk yesterday:
Really no barrel distortion? If you straightened up (those vertical lines on the low brown partition wall slant to the right) that interior shot, got all the verticals upright and put a guide along the door openings and along the bend in the wall on the left, are they perfectly straight?
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tokengirl
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No they are not perfectly straight, but that's not due to barrel distortion, it's due to my camera not being perfectly positioned when I shot the sequence.
Here's another sample, a single shot where my crappy tilt-pan tripod head was positioned as correctly as I can get it (this is my mental justification for getting a Cube
). I have superimposed grid lines for your viewing pleasure. I don't see any noticeable barrel distortion here.
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tokengirl
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Yeah, but it still is not caused by barrel distortion.
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tokengirl
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tokengirl
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Wayne,
The Chekika shot had a very minuscule amount of tilt, maybe a half degree? The Miami skyline shot had one degree I believe, and it was a handheld shot from my boat (which is unusual, as I always use a tripod with the TS lenses).
You really don't need a lot of tilt for landscapes, it's very easy to overdo it. Sometimes you really can't use it, like when you have a tall object (like a tree) in the foreground.
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kei.chang
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Very pretty. Thanks for sharing
