This incredibly detailed and super-fussy (in a good way!) presentation makes yours the Veritasium of photography channels. Have a safe and interesting week. 🥃🐧
@DavidHancock
6 ай бұрын
Thank you! That is very high praise indeed.
@selkiemaine
6 ай бұрын
I didn't anticipate learning so much new about a lens that I've enjoyed using for some time and am reasonably comfortable with. Thank you. You've given me some great ideas!
@DavidHancock
6 ай бұрын
Thank you and that's awesome to hear!
@JacobdelaRosa
6 ай бұрын
I got to use this at a wedding and I was shocked at the quality of this lens. A true dark horse in the industry.
@DavidHancock
6 ай бұрын
TTArtisan definitely has some interesting optics across their lineup.
@seoulrydr
6 ай бұрын
I have no idea what you're talking about when you get all nerdy, but your enthusiasm about whichever product you're reviewing has me sticking around. I do want to try this lens. I have mentioned in a previous video that I own the Nikon 35mm f2.8 shift, but had no idea what i was doing with it, and was unsuccessful in creating any effects. Is the DoF not shallow enough or do I have to be a bit more 'enthusiastic' about my experimentation process? I suppose I need to put a tripod collar on the Nikon to see what it can do. Thanks for the vid!
@DavidHancock
6 ай бұрын
Thank you! The shift function is much different and can't really control DoF. The ten-cent explanation is that with an SLR a lens is fixed and can only move in and out, which adjusts the focus plane (call it parallel to the sensor) in and out. When a lent tilts, that focal plane tilts with it. So with the styrene heads example, the tilt can be used to align the focal plane across the three heads' faces rather than through the center of one because the plane of sharpest focus moves with the angle of the lens. If you've ever tried freelensing, that can kind of illustrate that. For your shift lens, since it only moves up and down, the focus plane remains parallel to the sensor. A shift lens is used to adjust the part of the image circle falling on the sensor. That type of lens is akin to lifting the camera, but the effects of lifting the lens only are much greater than those of lifting the entire camera (I haven't entirely figured out why yet.) So the only way to actually adjust the way that focus behaves in a photo is to manipulate the angle of the lens relative to the sensor. Also, always feel free to ask about concepts that are still a mystery. A lot of other people have those same questions and they'll help me a lot with a major project I'm working on right now.
@mikesmith-po8nd
6 ай бұрын
Another excellent review. The front mount mod was genius. I don't think that I would buy one, but the current street price seems to be about $200 USD. Not bad despite the limitations.
@DavidHancock
6 ай бұрын
Thank you! Given that I don't know of another 50mm f/1.4 tilt, the price is probably fair. And the images the lens returns can be really good.
@gavinjenkins899
4 ай бұрын
If you're using a mirrorless camera anyway, note that you can buy a tilt shift adapter for any major brand (e.g. Canon EF to RF) and have ANY old lens be tilt. Some have bigger image circles than others. There are EF lenses that can cover 20mm of shift though just fine. People have made charts for what lenses work on medium firmat, which also works for this.
@DavidHancock
4 ай бұрын
That's true and a good point and would allow more lenses to be used in that manner than just the one. Honestly, it's probably what I would recommend doing as a general approach.
@flameslicer
6 ай бұрын
I just checked the aperture for my own copy of this lens, and my a7r5 consistently meters about a stop lower than what my spot meter gives at any apertures over f4. Somehow I hadn't noticed when using it as a walkaround lens
@DavidHancock
6 ай бұрын
A stop off is easy not to notice. I honestly didn't notice it either until I was doing the aperture stars tests (I do those in bulk, and that day did all the lenses I know I want to review between now and December 2026.) So I noticed that this lens at f/8 and smaller delivered WAY longer exposures on those tests, so I decided to test it in full sun. Then looking at my "f/16" photos up close, I realized they were way softer (exclusively diffraction softness) than any other 50mm lens I've used at f/16. So yeah, this lens continues the third-party MiC lens tradition of having inaccurate aperture and aperture scale markings, which is unfortunate.
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