45 ts-e tilt question

<p>I started to work with 45 ts-e lens. I see when I turn the lens that I can shift up and down it seems to me I can only tilt left and right. Is there any possibility to tilt up and down too?</p>

<p>Not sure about the 45mm TS-E, but I have the 24mm and I'm able to tilt left & right and up & down. There is a small latch at the side of the lens that allows you to do that. </p>

<p>Yes you can. <a href="http://www.northlight-images.co.uk/article_pages/modify_canon_tilt-shift.html">Here</a>.</p>

<p>Thanks Harry and John. So I have to have two 45's to choose the tilt direction ;) Nothing is easy.</p>

<p>This is actually fairly easy to do as long as you don't lose the small screws in the process. Do it on a table with a good screwdriver. Since I changed the tilt axes on my TS lenses, I have never had the need to change it back. You may get by with just one 45!</p>

<p>Peter, the point is that sometimes I want to tilt up and down and sometimes left and right. So most useful for me is to shift up and down and tilt left or right. I would leave it as it is...</p>

<p>Igor the New TS (17 F4, 24 MkII) lenses allow you to do this on the camera - in fact my Mirex Tilt shift adaptor also allows this.</p>

<p>Thanks Philip for info. In fact 45 - 50 is my favourite and most used focal lengths.</p>

<p>Igor: You mean: tilt left or right while also shift up and down. Correct? As you certainly know, as long as you don't need both functions at the same time, you don't have to modify the lens.</p>

<p>Peter, shift up and down and tilt left and right is most useful but tilting down while shifted up would be so good for portrait!</p>

<p>Igor I have the 17 F4 and would love the 24 II. For longer lengths I use a Mirex Tilt Shift Adaptor (about $400 after shipping, taxes and bank transfer fees) and my old Mamiya M645 lenses. This gives me 35 F3.5, 45 F2.8, 55 F2.8, 80 F1.9 and f2.8, 120 F4 and 150 F3.5. They also make them for Hassy and Pentax.</p>

<p>Thanks Philip. This seems to solve all the problems.</p>

<p>The article cited, as well as other such articles I have seen, say to rotate the base counter clockwise so that the shift lock knob ends up next to tilt control knob on the same side and the opposite knobs on the other side. I wanted both of the lock knobs on one side and both tilt and shift control knobs to be on the other side of the lens. So I twisted the base clockwise and have had no problem with this procedure on either the 90mm or the 45mm.</p>

Strictly speaking, you don't "tilt" left or right, only up and down. When you apply that movement side to side it's called

SWING, not tilt. It works the same way and it accomplishes the same thing, i.e. relocating the plane of focus, but tilt is

reserved for vertical movements and swing is the proper name for lateral movements of the same type.

<p>You are right Dan, I stand corrected. Thanks John for your suggestion.</p>

Also, shift is a horizontal movement. If you shift vertically upwards that's called RISE, downward is called FALL. But

tilt and shift are clear enough for general use. Besides, who wants to carry around a TSRFS lens? ;-)

<p>I want, Dan ;) This lens is addictive, I would now shift all my photographs including portraits, fashion full body shots, buildings.... images of walking models need no AF as I can tilt - sorry - swing.... ;)</p>