45mm Canon TS E tilt shift lens for $750? Good buy?

12 years 6 months ago #156431 by CanonKid
I found a used 45mm Canon tilt shift lens for $750. New retail is $1300 to $1400 on this lens. I can see it's a good deal from new considering that the lens is suppose to be like new condition. What I'm trying to determine is whether or not I will use this specialty lens enough to make up for the cost.

What applications would you use this lens for? The seller is getting rid of to buy a 24mm tilt shift.

Would you buy?

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12 years 6 months ago #160024 by BOLT
Ain't tilt shift lens to have everything in focus in your frame? Not sure. But anyways, did you buy the lens?


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12 years 6 months ago #160265 by steveheap
I've been thinking about buying one of these! You use it for three main uses. One is for architecture, where you can straighten the sides of buildings when they appear to be leaning away from you - perspective control. Then you can greatly increase the depth of field in some shots by shifting the plane of the lens to lie along the image (if that makes sense). Normally the plane that is in focus is perpendicular to the camera and so only things a bit in front of, and a bit behind are in focus. If the plane lies flatter, then you get more in focus. The third use is for panoramas. You put the camera on a tripod and take three images with the lens in the left, center and right position. You can then accurately stitch the images together to get a panorama.

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