keithcooper said:
aceflibble said:
Shame there's no portrait examples, 'cause that's where this lens is most interesting. Had a play with the 90mm for portraits and product and it's definitely superb for the latter—I have ordered two for that purpose—but 90mm is just a little too short for a tight headshot. Been trying to get hold of the 135 to test, but it seems like they're snapped up the moment they land on these shores.
To be honest, it's also a lens I'd just never think of using for portraits, all that sharpness... I'd much rather have the Canon 135/2 (if I did such work) Any use of tilt just looks too gimmicky for my tastes, but YMMV, and if you got that much spare cash why not ;-)
Canon marketing, not seeing it as "gimmicky," says:
"The following thoughts connect both the TS-E 90mm f/2.8L Macro lens, and the stunning TS-E 135mm f/4L Macro lens. The longer focal length of the latter is the primary distinction between them, although some may desire the faster f/2.8 maximum aperture of the 90mm lens.
Portraits
This may be the biggest potential application to consider for a tilt-shift lens. Aside from being superbly sharp 90mm and 135mm lenses, the ability to use shift to alter the plane of what’s in sharpest focus — either expanding the range of sharpness, or conversely using “reverse tilt” and narrowing it to a small sliver of the subject — gives these lenses visual control which simply cannot be duplicated by conventional portrait-length telephoto lenses. "
( http://learn.usa.canon.com/resources/articles/2017/tilt-shift-lenses-applications.shtml )
135mm does seem to be compositionally too tight to take advantage of the benefits and effects of tilt-shift, but having never used any tilt-shift, I'd really like to see a comparison to a slightly wider focal length for portraiture.
