4/5/2023 0 Comments Nikon 24mm tiltshiftBut of course, only if you shoot at f/11 or smaller. Would this lens be able to produce professional results?Ībsolutely. I know that the Canon VII and Nikon PCE doesn't have this issue. The image bows on top and in the corners It is easily corrected in photoshop, but the distortion is there. This image is very tight - you'd never shoot a photo like this but it shows a fair amount of distortion. Rokinon 24 TS, shot at f/11, full frame in camera The lenses tend to distort at the edges, so in order to see that, I shot a photo tighter than I ever would. This kind of shooting will "protect" the lens from critical examination though. I want the image to have a good amount of space around it so the client has the ability to crop and change proportion if they need to. I tend to shoot these images full frame, not too loose or tight. I just know that I have to do what I do, and I look at the results. I don't understand MTF charts or all those other scientific methods that lens reviewers use. I tried to use the lens in the same I way I would when shooting a job. These photos show that this lens is very capable of producing professional results. I shot more tests and the sharpness is very good at F/11. Rokinon 24 TS, f/11, focused at infinity. Rokinon 24 TS, shot at F/11, focus at infinity. When I got to F/11, the frame was very sharp. However, as I stopped the lens down, the lens got progressively sharper. It may be that it doesn't focus that well at infinity -wide open). (I did some tests wide open at 3' focusing distance and the lens was much better. I really could not find a sharp line anywhere. I shot the first set of pictures wide open (at infinity). I have been a pro for a long time, so manual focus and then stopping down the lens is no big deal to me. I personally didn't like doing this because of the battery drain. A way to avoid this of course is to just shoot with Live View. Of course, the view will get very dark in the viewfinder. Also, you are going to have to focus the camera with the lens wide open so you can get focus confirmation in camera (this Nikon mount lens has a chip to do this) then stop down after. The meter didn't work as usual, so I would highly recommend shooting RAW files. You'll have to rotate the f/stop ring manually. The first thing you'll notice is that the camera (in my case the Nikon D800) will not know what aperture you are using. Rokinon 24 TS, wide open at f3.5, focus at infinity. Very sharp and no obvious barrel distortion that I found. It feels a bit clumsy compared to the Canon. Although the Nikon 24 PC-E is a good lens, I do not like how large it is. If I were to grade the Canon and Nikon TS lens on a 1-10 scale, the Canon 24mm TS-E VII would no doubt be a 10. It was a good lens, but it did have issues with chromatic aberration and I though it wasn't as sharp edge to edge. I bought it when I had a big resort photo shoot. I also owned the original Canon 24 TS lens and used it for years. Great glass, sharp edge to edge at all f/stops, smooth focus and rock solid. The problem is that this Rokinon lens will be compared to the Canon TS-E 24mm f/3.5L II Tilt-Shift Lens. For all intents and purposes, that is a perfect lens. Although I do not tilt that much, it is a good option that the Nikon 24mm PC-E f/3.5 lens does not offer. Good thing is that since these TS lenses are all manual, there is no issue with a motor or some other electronic going bad.Īnother positive - you can rotate the lens so you can tilt the lens on the same plane as the shift occurs. Long term durability may be an issue with people who are rough with their gear. These are the things that worry me about the lens construction. The lever to rotate the lens is also plastic. The locking screws are in grey and are plastic. The lens comes with a lens bag, but no lens hood.
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