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Canon TS-E 90mm f/2.8 Tilt-Shift Lens
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Canon TS-E 90mm f/2.8 Tilt-Shift Lens
£1,359.00
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| Product code | CA25739 |
|---|---|
| Barcode | 4960999214009 |
| Barcode2 | 0082966212758 |
| Weight | 1.5 |
| Brand | Canon |
24 reviews for Canon TS-E 90mm f/2.8 Tilt-Shift Lens
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Abby –
I also own the newer Canon 24mm 3.5L mark II tilt shift so I wasn’t sure if I’d be happy with this earlier version of a Canon tilt/shift but I wanted to add tilt/shift capabilities in a 90mm. After using it for a few weeks, I must say it is a very impressive lens. While this one does not sport the “L” designation, it is as sharp as my “L” lenses. Color and contrast is very good, and it produces a wonderful bokeh as well. I use it with a full frame Canon 5D mk II. As with my other tilt/shift, it is easier to focus these manual focus lenses using Live View as you can also better view the effects of your tilt/shift combination. The focus confirmation works, but Live View (zoomed in) gives you a more critical focus.Unlike the 2 newer TS/E models (24mkII and 17), you can not rotate the tilt and shift axis seperately. Your tilt and shift rotate together on this model. I understand you can have Canon rebuild to a 90 degree seperation if you so desire, but it is not something you can do out in the field when using the lens. However, in most shooting situations, this limitation will not be a problem. Also, as with other tilt/shift, it is better to get your exposure readings before making tilt/shift adjustments as the angle can fool your through-the-lens exposure readings. The lens is fairly compact for a tilt/shift model. The tilt/shift adjustment knobs are a bit on the small side but still managable.I am very favorably impressed with this lens, and while it sells for much less than its newer siblings, it can still hold its own in critical shooting situations. It has a wonderful rendering of images that is very pleasing. This focal length can be used for macro (you can use extension tubes with it), portraits, products, and architecture when shooting from a distance. Because of its outstanding optical quality it can even be used for landscape when you don’t need a wide angle. It will also work with the 1.4X extender.Overall, this is a very versatile lens that can be used in many creative ways. If you are looking for a tilt/shift and don’t need wide angle, this lens has exceptional optical quality, sturdy build, and costs much less than the newer models recently introduced. Highly recommended.
katerina star –
When I purchased a used lens copy of this TS-E lens, I was already familiar with tilt/shift lenses by using both the 24/3.5 I and II TS-E versions. The design of the 90/2.8 TS-E is the same one as formerly used in the 24/3.5 TS-E I lens. Advantage of this old build style is its metal lens body and better knobs to turn compared to the new 24/3.5 II TS-E lens. The TS-E lenses of the older style on the other hand lack the option to rotate easily tilt and shift perpendicular or parallel to each other. I preferred with the old version of the 24/3.5 I TS-E lens to have the tilt in parallel to the shift which is a 90 deg turn of the lens mount against the front part of the lens (manufacturing setting for the old type of Canon TS-E lenses is perpendicular tilt versus shift). This can fairly easily being done by unscrewing the 4 tiny screws in the corners of the lens housing, turning one of the two parts 90 degrees counter-clockwise, and reattaching both lens parts against each other. I prefer this position because it is more useful in landscape and especially with the 90/2.8 TS-E for macro photography to increase depth of field by tilting the lens.The 90/2.8 TS-E lens turned out to be surprisingly sharp even when fully shifted in either direction without any visible vignetting which was a major issue in the first version of the 24/3.5 TS-E I lens. This 90/2.8 TS-E lens can easily compete in sharpness with my very sharp copy of the newer 24/3.5 TS-E II lens. I also tested this lens with my full frame infrared camera with cutoff at 715 nm, and it worked flawlessly. Merging three photos taken in both shift directions and without shift works easily without any remaining distortions or problems for the post processing software to merge the photos.So far I only used this lens for landscape photography, but I am sure it is excellent for macro and close-up photography, too. Since it is a manual focus lens like all other TS-E lenses, I recommend finding a good used lens copy for a reasonable price. Canon will likely update this lens in 2014/2015 time frame with a new model which likely will be able to rotate tilt versus shift more easily (as in the 24/3.5 TS-E II lens). I am not convinced that I would benefit from a new lens model of this already superior lens in image quality. I am glad that I am now owning this lens – definitely a keeper and one of my sharpest lenses.
Miss T J Barker –
This lens is a macro, a short telephoto, a portrait lens, and a landscape lens that offers new creative possibilities. Because depth of field can be manipulated as in a view camera, this is proving to be my most versatile lens in my bag, in spite of the fact it is “just” a 90mm prime lens. For macro shooting, even with an extension tube, additional depth of field possibilities open up with the tilt. The lens is a fantastic straight-on prime lens for portraits. I find entirely new possibilities for landscape shooting. And hand-held shots are no problem at all, even with maximum tilt. Though it is strictly a manual focus lens (the AF does not work on this one) the image in the view finder is so bright I have no problem manually focusing. Because of the extreme depth of field capabilities, my wide angle lens gets used less now that I have this lens to play with. I love it!
Chris Moore –
This lens is one of the best used lens purchases I’ve made. It was fun to use, has a much nicer bokeh than anticipated, and surprisingly compact. I used it first time at a wedding and got some excellent detail and decor photos. Testing previous, the bokeh was very nice, and I suspect this can work for some very nice portraits too. New models are still spendy, but the used ones if you can find, are are great value. I got the 90mm and already plan to get the 45mm ts-e too.
Kirkella 14 –
This lens is great for shooting product photography. I use it for food, shoes, bags, jewelry, and a lot of things. Sometimes, I add two macro rings and get fairly high magnification (like 1:1 or half life size) but the image quality is still very good, with almost zero chromatic aberration thanks to the true double Gauss design. However, when doing product photography, I want to have independent axes for tilt and shift. This lens ships with cross-axis configuration, which I changed to in-axis, which is a bit more useful, but frequently, I want 30 or 45-degree between those axes.I also use it for corrective portraiture, when shooting headshots with people with round face, double chin, or some other difficult features. Since there is no autofocus, this is not the easiest thing to do, but people who are really conscious about their facial features will usually cooperate with me with this slow working lens, when I tell this is one of the best but unknown tricks anyone can use, combined with lighting technique, etc… If the model has no such issue, I prefer to shoot 85mm with AF.I took one star away because I can’t change the axes of tilt and shift independently.Incidentally, TS-E 45mm is terrible at anything like half life size, and it gets a lot worse with tele converter. That lens is good for bigger objects.
DigiVortX –
Great for tabletop product photo
Alps –
Für mich ein super Objektiv. Allerdings ist man in der Verwendbarkeit recht eingeschränkt und es macht die Tasche nur noch voller. Für jeden der es sich leisten kann auf jeden Fall eine Überlegung wert.
cat ros –
Fantastic capabilities
eagleannie –
More compact than expected, good quality, nice bokeh
CD –
Creative photo lens