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Tilt and shift lenses
– how to use them
As well as the free articles Keith offers training and workshops covering the use of tilt/shift lenses.
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Keith Cooper’s tilt/shift articles and reviews
What the lenses do, and how to use them.
Keith has written a book that looks at the many ways that tilt/shift lenses can benefit your photography from a technical and creative point of view.
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ISBN 9781785007712
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Key articles explaining tilt and shift use
Of the many articles here, some address particular issues with making effective use of tilt/shift lenses
- What tilt and shift lenses do
- How to use shift
- Focusing the tilted lens [includes Keith’s tilt table spreadsheet (zipped file)]
- Closer focus with tilt
- Extension tubes and tilt
- Setting the tilt axis at an arbitrary angle
- Fixing lens aberrations
Practical tips include: Using lens adapters to give tilt/shift | Teleconverters and shift lenses | A DIY large format camera adapter
Keith’s videos – covering aspects of tilt/shift use
These are videos embedded in articles/reviews.
For a full index of all videos on YouTube, there is a categorised index page here:
- Video: lens tilt used close up
Lens tilt basics: Keith Cooper looks at how lens tilt works with close-up photography - using tilt to place your plane of focus. Example uses the Canon TS-E17mm F4.5L tilt shift lens( 9m 45s) - Video: tilt/shift lens basics – sideways tilt (swing)
Lens tilt basics: Keith Cooper looks at sideways lens tilt (or swing) to run the plane of focus along a wall, whilst looking along the wall. Example uses the Canon TS-E24mm F3.5 tilt shift lens( 6m30s) - Video: Laowa 15mm shift lens review
Review of the Laowa 15mm F4.5 Zero-D shift lens, with examples of how the lens can be used. Includes a brief comparison with the Canon TS-E17 tilt/shift lens(14m 40s) - Video: tilt/shift lens basics – horizontally shifted images
Keith Cooper looks at using horizontal (left/right) shift of the lens to offset the camera viewpoint and control aspects of apparent image geometry and perspective (9 mins) - Video: tilt/shift lens basics – diagonally shifted images
Keith Cooper looks at using a diagonal shift of the lens to offset the camera viewpoint and control aspects of apparent image geometry and perspective (7 mins) - Video: tilt/shift lens basics – stitching shifted images
Keith Cooper looks at stitching pairs of shifted images taken with a tilt shift lens, to give a larger higher megapixel image with wider coverage (3m 50s) - Video: Tilt shift lens basics – vertical lens shift
Keith Cooper looks at basic vertical (up/down) lens shift with a tilt/shift lens, to correct converging vertical lines when looking upwards (3m 30s)
Latest news/articles/reviews related to tilt/shift lenses and their use
- TTArtisan Tilt 50mm f/1.4 review
Keith Cooper reviews the TTArtisan Tilt 50mm f/1.4 lens with Tilt/Swing movements, Fully manual lens designed for mirrorless cameras Canon RF mount option tested, other mounts available - Fuji tilt-shift GF 30mm and 110mm F5.6
Fujifilm announce two lenses. Fuji tilt-shift lenses at 110mm & 30mm at f/5.6 for medium format GFX cameras. Include EXIF data for movements - Review: Laowa 15mm Shift G mount lens
Keith Cooper reviews the Laowa 15mm shift G mount lens for Fuji medium format. Fully manual lens with ±11mm of shift in any direction [8mm usable for G mount) - Review: Laowa shift lens support
Keith Cooper reviews the Laowa shift lens support The lenses are available in Nikon/Canon/Sony/L/Pentax mounts. Enables parallax free camera movement whilst keeping the lens stationary - Diagonal shift and landscape composition
Diagonal lens shift - Keith looks at some landscape photography aspects when lao 15mm red ringusing a tilt/shift or shift only lens by combining horizontal and vertical lens movements. Using an off-set viewpoint in images - Laowa 15mm shift lens – update
The laowa 15mm f/4.5 shift lens is now available in versions with a 5-blade and 14 blade aperture. It is available for Canon EF, Canon R, Fujifilm GFX, Nikon F, Nikon Z and Sony E mount cameras - Review: Laowa 20mm Shift lens f/4
Keith Cooper reviews the C-Dreamer Laowa 20mm f4 Zero-D Shift lens. Fully manual lens with ±11mm of shift in any direction. The lens is available in Nikon/Canon/Sony/L/Pentax mounts. The Canon mount option is tested here.
Lens reviews
- TTArtisan Tilt 50mm f/1.4 reviewKeith Cooper reviews the TTArtisan Tilt 50mm f/1.4 lens with Tilt/Swing movements, Fully manual lens designed for mirrorless cameras Canon RF mount option tested, other mounts available
- Review: Laowa 15mm Shift G mount lensKeith Cooper reviews the Laowa 15mm shift G mount lens for Fuji medium format. Fully manual lens with ±11mm of shift in any direction [8mm usable for G mount)
- Review: Laowa shift lens supportKeith Cooper reviews the Laowa shift lens support The lenses are available in Nikon/Canon/Sony/L/Pentax mounts. Enables parallax free camera movement whilst keeping the lens stationary
- Review: Laowa 20mm Shift lens f/4Keith Cooper reviews the C-Dreamer Laowa 20mm f4 Zero-D Shift lens. Fully manual lens with ±11mm of shift in any direction. The lens is available in Nikon/Canon/Sony/L/Pentax mounts. The Canon mount option is tested here.
- Video: Hasselblad H6D 100c and HTS tilt/shift
Keith Cooper looks at the Hasselblad HTS on an H6D 100C 100MP with the medium format tilt/shift lens adapter and 28mm lens (29m 54s) - Nikon PC-E 45mm f/2.8D ED review
Review and video review of the Nikon PC-E Nikkor 25mm f/2.8D ED tilt/shift lens. Nikon F mount full frame perspective correction lens for FX DSLRs / mirrorless. Tested on the Nikon Z7 mirrorless camera - Video: Nikon PC-E 24mm
Keith Cooper looks at performance and how to use the Nikon PC-E Nikkor 24mm f/3.5D ED tilt/shift or perspective control lens on the mirrorless Z7 camera (22m 32s)
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Keith explains tilt and shift lenses
Keith has written a book that looks at the many ways that tilt/shift lenses can benefit your photography from a technical and creative point of view. If not in the UK check for import issues and maybe try an on-line bookshop. Keith has no connection with sales of the book.
ISBN 9781785007712
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