Asher Kelman
OPF Owner/Editor-in-Chief
Hi Asher
well the TSE is kinda MF-lens, so unshiftet, you use the sweet spot only. Must be very good, that's rarely been a problem of a shift lens.
It's the amount of shift with good quality which finally makes a shift lens good or bad.
Using it for people: that lens is not done for fast shooting; it's manual focus and when you shift, exposure will probably be indicated wrongly. With its f = 3.5 wide open, I would think twice before using it for your purpose; it's not made for that, IMO.
Are you - apart from the distortions fine with the 24 1.4?
You could use software to ge rid of that distortion.
Michael,
For shooting an entire orchestra, 24 mm just gives ample coverage from where we shoot and depth of field. I am going to try to correct the images I have as the correction involves shrinking the width at the lateral edges, so resolution shouldn't suffer. Still, if the T/S glass is better, then I will be able to resolve more detail without having to make corrections. It seems it's just a matter of cost. If there's a MF 24 mm I'd get an adapter in a second!
Speed is not an issue as I have time to prefocus and I don't need a lot of shots. I'm perfectly happy with manual focus as I get set this well in advance. I'd use it about f 5.0 or f8 if I'm allowed to use flash in a rehearsal.
BTW, what is your favorite lens correction software that you'd use for the 24mm 1.4?
Asher