david_littleboy__tokyo__ja Posted June 23, 2009 Share Posted June 23, 2009 <p>Here's a dizzy, large, slow loading, test image with the new 24TSE II. Taken at f/11 with 10mm of vertical shift in landscape orientation, the upper right corner corresponds to the edge of a 58mm image circle (if memory serves, Canon claims 60mm). Looks real nice. Really nice. Flipping amazingly nice. The lack of CA is wonderful.<br><a href="http://www.pbase.com/davidjl/image/114185905/original">http://www.pbase.com/davidjl/image/114185905/original</a><br>The lens is heavy, expensive, and requires 82mm filters, so it isn't for everyone.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enrique_bocanegra Posted June 24, 2009 Share Posted June 24, 2009 <p>I cant wait for the 17mm reviews since I have $2500 burning a hole in my pocket.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david_littleboy__tokyo__ja Posted June 24, 2009 Author Share Posted June 24, 2009 <p>There have been some samples posted on Dpreview. It's looking very nice, too.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phillip_pian Posted June 24, 2009 Share Posted June 24, 2009 <p>David, thank you very much for posting that (both seriously and sarcastically). The image quality is absolutely amazing. After such a long waiting period, I had finally convinced myself I don't need it, but after seeing your picture, I ordered it right away. Simply amazing!</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbkissel Posted June 24, 2009 Share Posted June 24, 2009 <p>Did you PP any CA out of this shot? I just don't see any. Very nice!</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david_littleboy__tokyo__ja Posted June 24, 2009 Author Share Posted June 24, 2009 <p>I checked the Lightroom settings, and the CA sliders are all at 0. A Canon wide without CA is truly unbelievable...</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbkissel Posted June 24, 2009 Share Posted June 24, 2009 <p>Dang it, David...and I was just about over wanting one of these. ;-)</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martin-s Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 <p>Impressive indeed.<br> One of the biggest problems with its predecessor was that DPP was unable to correct images for distortion/CA/vignetting as the neccessary data wasn't available. Instead you had to tediously correct them manually.<br> I'm wondering whether the new TS-E lenses register their tilt-/shift settings in the file, so that images can now be automatically corrected in DPP.<br> Does anyone know?</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david_littleboy__tokyo__ja Posted June 25, 2009 Author Share Posted June 25, 2009 <p>I'm pretty sure they don't register the settings: the mechanisms seem to be purely mechanical. You'd need four numbers: rotation of the lens on the mount, relative rotation of the shift and tilt axes, shift, and tilt.</p> <p>One bit of trivia here: the old 24TSE had a hard stop at infinity, with the center of the infinity mark aligning with the zero-DoF point on the DoF scale (like most medium format manual focus lenses). The new 24TSE has the same focus beyond infinity bit that the Canon AF lenses do, and you need to recheck focus with live view every time you change anything.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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