12-16-2011, 01:30 PM
[quote name='Frank' timestamp='1324039073' post='13840']
I also found a review on the PC-E 24mm f3.5 with "numbers" (tested on D700) at [url="http://www.ephotozine.com/article/nikon-24mm-f-3-5d-ed-pc-e-lens-interchangeable-lens-review-14356"]ephotozine[/url], the test results look very impresive. However, I am not familiar with that site so I don't know at what a level their test results can be trusted.
The author also mentioned that "In use I occasionally found these smaller tension controls a little difficult to use, or even to access. This is especially true of the one controlling the amount of resistance for the shift control, as when the lens is rotated 90degrees, it is very close to the front of the prism housing on my D700 camera." but I think this might not be a serious problem.
Frank
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That is not a serious problem, indeed. The only difficulty may be in unlocking the knobs, but in order to do s one can always rotate the lens temporariy, and then move it back in position.
The same problem exists with the older Canon TS-Es.
One thing that may be a problem, but I am sure isn't on a D700, only potentially on the compact models, is that when mounting the camera on a tripod with a TS lens attached, they may get very close to the head or even touch it. In those cases it is worthwhile to have a good quality (sturdy) distancer between camera and head.
Kind regards, Wim
I also found a review on the PC-E 24mm f3.5 with "numbers" (tested on D700) at [url="http://www.ephotozine.com/article/nikon-24mm-f-3-5d-ed-pc-e-lens-interchangeable-lens-review-14356"]ephotozine[/url], the test results look very impresive. However, I am not familiar with that site so I don't know at what a level their test results can be trusted.
The author also mentioned that "In use I occasionally found these smaller tension controls a little difficult to use, or even to access. This is especially true of the one controlling the amount of resistance for the shift control, as when the lens is rotated 90degrees, it is very close to the front of the prism housing on my D700 camera." but I think this might not be a serious problem.
Frank
[/quote]
That is not a serious problem, indeed. The only difficulty may be in unlocking the knobs, but in order to do s one can always rotate the lens temporariy, and then move it back in position.
The same problem exists with the older Canon TS-Es.
One thing that may be a problem, but I am sure isn't on a D700, only potentially on the compact models, is that when mounting the camera on a tripod with a TS lens attached, they may get very close to the head or even touch it. In those cases it is worthwhile to have a good quality (sturdy) distancer between camera and head.
Kind regards, Wim
Gear: Canon EOS R with 3 primes and 2 zooms, 4 EF-R adapters, Canon EOS 5 (analog), 9 Canon EF primes, a lone Canon EF zoom, 2 extenders, 2 converters, tubes; Olympus OM-D 1 Mk II & Pen F with 12 primes, 6 zooms, and 3 Metabones EF-MFT adapters ....