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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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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:
- Review: New Laowa 17mm tilt shift lens f/4 [MF and FF]
![Review: New Laowa 17mm tilt shift lens f/4 [MF and FF]](https://www.northlight-images.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/using-the-Laowa-17mm-tilt-shift-lens-480x320.jpg)
Venus Lens has announced a new tilt/shift lens. Laowa 35mm TS f/2.8 tilt shift 0.5x macro. Designed for mirrorless Canon RF, Nikon Z, L, Sony E also Fuji G & Hasselblad XCD - Video: TTArtisan 17mm tilt shift review
Video review:Video: TTArtisan 17mm tilt shift review: 100MP medium format GFX100S and mirrorless full frame. Economic tilt/shift lens but are there issues limiting its use? - Video review: Laowa 12-24mm f/5.6 Zoom Shift
Video review: Laowa 12-24 shift lens. 12-24mm f/5.6 Zoom Shift lens Designed for mirrorless Sony E / Nikon Z / Canon RF / L Mount / Fuji X / EF-M How to use a shift lens and why you use them. - Video: Understanding lens tilt
Videos: Six videos looking at understanding lens tilt, both close-up and far. Why tilting a lens changes the focus of a lens and how to get that focus where you want it - Video: Move or zoom – composition with shift lenses
Videos: Move or zoom? Composition with shift lenses at different focal lengths
Do you move or do you zoom? Keith looks at shift lens photo composition at different focal lengths.
Although shot using shift lenses, the observations apply whatever lens you are using. - Video: Looking at the Laowa 20mm shift lens
Keith Cooper reviews the new Laowa 20mm shift lens. The Zero-D f/4 lens offers +-11mm of shift. Canon EF/RF, Nikon F/Z, Sony E, L, Pentax K, Fuji G mounts (26m) - Video: Tilt Shift lens use webinar
An edited, expanded and updated recording of Keith Cooper's tilt shift lens use webinar from 2022. Includes more photos and diagrams illustrating different aspects of lens use. How to use tilt shift lenses (51m)
Latest news/articles/reviews related to tilt/shift lenses and their use
- Nikon PC-E Nikkor 24mm
Information and news about the 24mm perspective control (tilt/shift) lens from Nikon, the PC-E Nikkor 24mm f/3.5D ED - Modify Canon tilt shift lens
Changing the shift axis alignment for Canon TS-E lenses, TS-E 90 modification shown. Similar for TS-E45 and TS-E 24 (mark 1 version) - A Canon MPP view camera adapter
Making an adapter to fit a DSLR camera to the back of a 4x5 (5x4) view camera, using the existing lens and camera movements. Construction details and parts used. learning about camera movements - TS-E 90 review tilt and shift lens
Review of Canon's TS-E 90mm f/2.8 tilt shift lens. Lens tested on Canon 1Ds full frame camera, includes info on lens modification and use of tilt
Lens reviews
- TS-E 135mm f/4L macro review
Review of the Canon TS-E 135mm f/4L macro tilt/shift lens. How to use the ±10 degrees of tilt and ±12mm of shift offered by the telephoto macro lens - Venus LAOWA 15mm shift macro review
Review of the Venus Laowa 15mm f4 1:1 macro shift lens. EF mount version tested on a Canon 100D & 5Ds. Fully manual lens combines wide angle, 1:1 macro and has +-6mm of shift - Canon TS-E17mm f4L
Information, sample images and review details for the Canon TS-E17mm f4L tilt-shift lens. Tested on a Canon 1Ds mk3 and in 2015 a 50MP 5Ds - Review Samyang 24mm tilt shift lens
A review of the Samyang/Rokinon 24mm f/3.5 ED AS UMC Tilt-Shift Lens, tested on an EF mount Canon 1Ds mk3. Other mounts available. - Canon TS-E 24mm 3.5L II
Information about the Canon TS-E 24mm 3.5L II tilt shift lens. Sample images and testing with a Canon 1Ds mk3 and 5Ds - What tilt and shift lenses do
Tilt and Shift lenses. The Canon TS-E 24mm lens review and discussion. What do tilt/shift lenses do? Why they can be so useful and how do you use them? - TS-E 17 and teleconverter (EF Extender) – addendum
The TS-E 17mm f4L lens does not show the settings actually used, in the camera EXIF data, when a Canon 2x teleconverter (EF Extender) has been used
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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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