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All this talk made me get my hands on a TS-E 17 again today to play. What a lens... tried it in the most extreme shifted position and stopping down only helped reduce vignetting. Sharpness was there right from f/4 and no visible CA! Wow... and at full tilt you can get an extreme tilt of the plane of focus to get ground from the closest focusing distance sharp without stopping down. I totally forgot how extreme a few degrees of tilt is on wide angles compared to teles. Consider yourself lucky to have this lens!
If I was in to landscapes I'd get one in a heartbeat. One would need a good understanding of lens movements to get the most of the lens (and most people think T/S lenses are all about fixing verticals in architecture and doing fake miniatures! lol)... so I can see why the enthusiasm isn't great with ones who haven't used lens movements... they just don't know what they're missing! <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
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GTW
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Yes, it is one fabulous lens for sure, most don't know what they are missing, and I do indeed count myself lucky. It was worth the 4 months wait, and having to cope with a couple Sigma 12-24 EXes and a Nikkor 14-24 <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />. This is a lens which is way better than a test report, it just sings, whenever I use it ....
Kind regards, Wim
All this talk made me get my hands on a TS-E 17 again today to play. What a lens... tried it in the most extreme shifted position and stopping down only helped reduce vignetting. Sharpness was there right from f/4 and no visible CA! Wow... and at full tilt you can get an extreme tilt of the plane of focus to get ground from the closest focusing distance sharp without stopping down. I totally forgot how extreme a few degrees of tilt is on wide angles compared to teles. Consider yourself lucky to have this lens!
If I was in to landscapes I'd get one in a heartbeat. One would need a good understanding of lens movements to get the most of the lens (and most people think T/S lenses are all about fixing verticals in architecture and doing fake miniatures! lol)... so I can see why the enthusiasm isn't great with ones who haven't used lens movements... they just don't know what they're missing! <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
' />GTW
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Yes, it is one fabulous lens for sure, most don't know what they are missing, and I do indeed count myself lucky. It was worth the 4 months wait, and having to cope with a couple Sigma 12-24 EXes and a Nikkor 14-24 <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
' />. This is a lens which is way better than a test report, it just sings, whenever I use it ....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 ....