As I'm still considering buying one of the recent tilt-shift lenses for my 5D IV, I'd like to see some images and hear experiences others are having with them on the new RF mount. Thank you!
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Thanks, but when I try, the closest I get is the 5Ds R. I can't find EOS R matched with a TS-E.I no longer have a TS-E, but you can view photos taken with the R using the tilt shift, so it must work.
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You are right!Thanks, but when I try, the closest I get is the 5Ds R. I can't find EOS R matched with a TS-E.
I doubt that you will see the Focus Guide feature for a lens that does not autofocus. Focus Peaking should work fine, since it is not dependent on focus information coming from the lens, I've tried focus peaking on several manual focus lenses of various types and brands, it always works, but Focus Guide does not. I also have not been to find any definitive information.The ability to use filters more easily with adapters sounds like an excellent innovation.
I'm assuming the EF ts-e lenses will produce the same results on an RF mount body, but it would be nice to see some samples and read about actual use of the EOS R's little manual-focus triangles with tilt-shift. MF assist is a big attraction for me.
I do see in the EOS R user manual, p 285, that "The guide frame is not displayed correctly after you shift or tilt a TS_E lens." I think I understand the limitation here.I doubt that you will see the Focus Guide feature for a lens that does not autofocus. Focus Peaking should work fine, since it is not dependent on focus information coming from the lens, I've tried focus peaking on several manual focus lenses of various types and brands, it always works, but Focus Guide does not. I also have not been to find any definitive information.
The lens has to send data about the focus position to the camera for the Focus guide to work. If its working at all for the TS-E series, that is happening. Old lenses with no electronics will not do that, of course, as for Zeiss lenses with electronics, I don't know.I do see in the EOS R user manual, p 285, that "The guide frame is not displayed correctly after you shift or tilt a TS_E lens." I think I understand the limitation here.
But I'm surprised that the Focus Guide, triangles included, doesn't work with, say, an all MF Zeiss lens. There are a few cases where I'd MF with a lens that has AF, but not many.
With the Zeiss lenses this is not true. I do have 3 Milvus lenses, and all of them are working. My Samyang 14 f2.8 does not. My understanding is that the lens must have the communications on EXIF´s with the camera....I do see in the EOS R user manual, p 285, that "The guide frame is not displayed correctly after you shift or tilt a TS_E lens." I think I understand the limitation here.
But I'm surprised that the Focus Guide, triangles included, doesn't work with, say, an all MF Zeiss lens. There are a few cases where I'd MF with a lens that has AF, but not many.
I was also thinking about that and the fact that the EVF shows true dof no matter what, must be much easier to place the plane of focus with TS lensesI messed around with a Rokinon 24mm tilt/shift on my EOS R just briefly. It seems like the focus peaking adds a very interesting dynamic to using a tilt shift. It can be hard to estimate or visualize what is happening to your plane of focus with a tilt shift, so being able to actually see that with the focus peaking is pretty cool. With the lens fully tilted, I could watch the in-focus area move vertically or horizontally across the frame as I moved the focus ring back and forth. Not that this is anything Canon actually invented or anything, but it's at least the first real camera they've made that has this.