Comments on: TS-E 17 f/4L & TS-E 24 f/3.5L II Official

By: Steven

Steven — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 19:07:02 +0000

Nice but Canon still refuses to provide a circular EF fisheye lens. Remember superb FD series still the best of all even no compare with often breakdown and weak warranty on EF lenses. Canon tends to limit time for replacement parts available limited to two years. They made a serious mistake to increase rear element surface to film plane with 44mm to make FD series lenses incompatibility with 42mm. Let support Nikon and Nikkor lenses because they always compatible from F Photomic to present camera.

By: Ken

Ken — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 22:02:57 +0000

Any chance the 45 & 90 TS’s will be updated anytime soon?

By: brian44

brian44 — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 20:04:46 +0000

The price is ridiculous. Maybe I’ll go back to 5×4 velvia for architecture!

By: hkdigit

hkdigit — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 09:05:36 +0000

Awaiting test report for 17mm ^_^

By: Ed

Ed — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 02:48:09 +0000

Specifically, here is what the hype says.

An innovative feature on both the TS-E 24mm f/3.5L II and the TS-E 17mm f/4L lenses is Canon’s new TS Revolving System. This feature allows tilting and shifting lens movements to be adjusted in parallel or at right angles to each other, with detents at 45Ã‹Å¡ intervals. Additionally, once the TS Revolving System has been set, the orientation of the entire lens can be rotated freely through a range of Ã‚Â±90Ã‹Å¡, with detents at 30Ã‹Å¡ intervals. The amount of tilt is Ã‚Â±8.5Ã‹Å¡ for the TS-E 24mm f/3.5L II and Ã‚Â±6.5Ã‹Å¡ for the TS-E 17mm f/4L. The amount of shift is Ã‚Â±12mm for both lenses. The image circle diameter for both lenses is an impressive 67.2mm. (The diagonal measurement of the full-frame 35mm format is only 43.2mm.)

By: hulk

hulk — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 17:31:48 +0000

you’re right, I missed that point.

By: axio

axio — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 15:14:25 +0000

hmm…
I think you are confusing the tilt angle with the rotating angle

Traditionally the TS-E have their shift and tilt axes fixed in a perpendicular (90Ã‚Â°) or parallel (0Ã‚Â°), but not freely adjustable.

The statements above seem to indicate that they are freely moveable now, and also observe that there is a little lever near the mount on the pictures. That seems to be the rotating lock for the added rotation.

So.. my Hartblei isn’t that unique of a rotator anymore

By: hulk

hulk — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 14:08:25 +0000

the “-/+ 90Ã‚Â°” statement is some marketing BS.
The real workable angles seems to be respectively 6.5Ã‚Â° and 8.5Ã‚Â° for the 17 and 24mm lenses.
Super Rotator is 8Ã‚Â°, right?

By: rebel

rebel — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 14:04:09 +0000

what about new rebel/500D today? any chance itÃ‚Â´s still coming? (maybe next days/weeks)?

By: axio

axio — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 13:56:45 +0000

# Tilt and shift mechanism rotates +/-90Ã‚Â° allowing shift in any direction
# Tilt mechanism rotates +/-90Ã‚Â° allowing tilt in any direction relative to the shift

Does that mean I can get rid of my Super Rotator now??

By: Bill

Bill — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 13:54:25 +0000

or a private jet.

By: JohnG

JohnG — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 13:21:49 +0000

Hahaha…..you can also buy lots of sandwiches with that kind of money.

By: hulk

hulk — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 12:29:55 +0000

for the price, you can get a 5DmkII in Europe!

By: Enjott

Enjott — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 11:57:07 +0000

Nice, but for the price of one of these, you can get a complete 4×5″ setup incl. scanner for far superior quality.