Canon TS-E 90mm f/2.8 Tilt Shift Lens for Canon SLR Cameras
- EF mount; tilt shift lens
- Gaussian optics give high-quality delineation and true background blur
- 90mm focal length
- f/2.8 maximum aperture
- Manual focus only
With a Canon EOS TS-E 90mm f/2.8 Tilt Shift Wide Angle Lens, you can control the angle of the plane of focus and the picture’s perspective via its tilt-shift capabilities. The tilt and shift functions can be used independently or combined to adjust the shooting range, correct perspective distortions and control the zone of focus, enabling you to obtain special effects not possible with ordinary lenses.
This lens is a marvelous problem solver for architecture, landscapes, and many other applications calling for a wide-angle perspective. The floating optical system, with a ground and polished Aspherical front element, makes this lens sharp from infinity down to 1 foot (0.3m), and corrects distortion and other aberrations to assure high image quality. Like all TS-E series lenses, it has a fully automatic diaphragm, so there’s never a risk of forgetting to stop the lens down.
List Price: $ 2,300.00
Price: $ 1,329.00
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A sharp, well saturated lens,
I do a lot of flowers and scenery. The tilt and shift lenses are often thought of as primarily for architectural photography, but the 90mm Canon f2.8 TS EOS lens has gained a good reputation for its close focusing and portrait applications, areas that are of interest to me.
So far, I’m pleased. I’ll upload a favorite flower shot as an example.
What surprised me more than the versatility of the manually focusing lens is the color saturation–far greater than some L primes and as good as Leitz lenses. That says a great deal about the quality of the glass.
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|Amazing lens with lots of creative possibilities,
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.
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|Fantastic capabilities,
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!
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