Canon Patent Application: Handheld tilt-shift

[Canon Rumors Guy]

We recently discussed the patent here that talked about a motorized tilt-shift lens. It was my imagination that Canon could expand the functionality far beyond simply lens control. Well, it turns out the smart minds at Canon thought the same. This patent application allows the user to select areas in which they want in focus,

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[koenkooi]

With that feature, I really want an MP-R with automated tilt! And a winning lottery ticket to fund it

 

[roby17269]

That would be a game-changer (yes yes I know it\'s an overloaded term!) for TS lenses.... I would definitely buy one unless the price is going to be in big exotics territory

 

[Del Paso]

With that feature, I really want an MP-R with automated tilt! And a winning lottery ticket to fund it

I'm afraid the "winning lottery ticket" won't turn out as a joke.

 

[Del Paso]

That would be a game-changer (yes yes I know it\'s an overloaded term!) for TS lenses.... I would definitely buy one unless the price is going to be in big exotics territory

Me too, but I'm afraid the price will be quite discouraging...

 

[roby17269]

Me too, but I'm afraid the price will be quite discouraging...

We will see I guess?
I am worried about:

• weight
• robustness / reliability
• cost
• and, most importantly, that it may cause delays to my preciousss (RF 35mm f/1.2L)

 

[Del Paso]

We will see I guess?
I am worried about:

• weight
• robustness / reliability
• cost
• and, most importantly, that it may cause delays to my preciousss (RF 35mm f/1.2L)

Same worries here, except about the 35mm f1,2.
It certainly will come long before such a complex TS patent turns into an optical reality. So, prepare your cash, and that preciousss will "soon" be yours.
Just a few more years...

 

[roby17269]

Same worries here, except about the 35mm f1,2.
It certainly will come long before such a complex TS patent turns into an optical reality. So, prepare your cash, and that preciousss will "soon" be yours.

Keeping my fingers crossed, but getting antsier and antsier by the minute

Just a few more years...

Noooooo!

 

[Del Paso]

Keeping my fingers crossed, but getting antsier and antsier by the minute

Noooooo!

Si!

 

[roby17269]

Si!

You, sir, are truly evil

 

[miketcool]

Eye-Control Tilt-Shift would be outrageous!

 

[Richard CR]

With that feature, I really want an MP-R with automated tilt! And a winning lottery ticket to fund it

indeed. I doubt my kidneys are worth that much.

 

[sanj]

Wow. Amazing.

 

[DhlcadR6]

So this allows AF with TS???

 

[Richard CR]

So this allows AF with TS???

by tilting the plane of focus you change what is in focus. i would have to assume what we consider AF would need to be part of this because that is necessary to move the focal plane up and down even with the right tilt amount

 

[EOS 4 Life]

and, most importantly, that it may cause delays to my preciousss (RF 35mm f/1.2L)

TS-R 35 f/1.2L AF IS

 

[DhlcadR6]

by tilting the plane of focus you change what is in focus. i would have to assume what we consider AF would need to be part of this because that is necessary to move the focal plane up and down even with the right tilt amount

IMHO Canon should embrace computational photography and use higher power CPUs to work out things like AF plane in 3D, but I'm not software engineer, so I don't know how difficult that would be.

 

[koenkooi]

IMHO Canon should embrace computational photography and use higher power CPUs to work out things like AF plane in 3D, but I'm not software engineer, so I don't know how difficult that would be.

It’s not that complex or computationally expensive, I did that in google sheets when I briefly owned the TS-E 90mm

I do agree that Canon should lean into the computation thing a bit more, in a workflow friendly way. With DPAF we get a depth-map for free, but Canon doesn’t give up that, only a handful of DPP4 exclusive tricks like face relighting.

 

[roby17269]

TS-R 35 f/1.2L AF IS

Be still my heart

 

[TedYork]

With that feature, I really want an MP-R with automated tilt! And a winning lottery ticket to fund it

Exactly! Its going to end up in the realm of super telephoto that I can't afford. Have to fun is the manual adjustments.