adnan Posted October 3, 2004 Share Posted October 3, 2004 Are there any 3rd party tilt/shift lenses for the EOS? I would reallylike to try out some selective focus stuff, but wouldn't use it nearlyenough to justify buying one of the Canon lenses. Is there anyRussian glass out there for the EOS? How difficult would these typelenses be to focus on the smaller 10D screen? Thanks in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beauh44 Posted October 3, 2004 Share Posted October 3, 2004 Hi Adnan, I know of no 3rd party T&S lens - although there might be something out there - in the mean time, you might get a kick out of one of these: http://www.lensbaby.com. Good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob_bell Posted October 3, 2004 Share Posted October 3, 2004 There are a few of them that I have seen. Arsat 35mm/2.8 in the $300 range. There is another brand in 80mm/2.8 which is $4-500. And I think there is one in between that range. Search google for what you are looking for there seems to be a lot of russian lenses out there now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melissa_eiselein Posted October 3, 2004 Share Posted October 3, 2004 The other one is Hartblei. Kievcamera (the same seller known for selling the Zenitar 16mm fisheye for EOS) sells both of these tilt shift lenses on its eBay store. I was just looking at them a few days ago and was wondering if they were 1) any good 2) really difficult to work with. I don't plan on buying a tilt shift, at least not any time soon. But there are those times when I look at my photos and curse my tilting buildings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gary_ferguson1 Posted October 4, 2004 Share Posted October 4, 2004 Mellisa, correcting converging verticals in Photoshop has a reputation of being a poor alternative to a shift lens. However, I use all the Canon T&S lenses (as well as a large format camera for architectural photography) and I can vouch that going the Photoshop route doesn't degrade the image too badly at all, IMO it's a perfectly valid alternative to shift lenses. This is especially true because I tend not to over-correct with shift lenses. In other words I'll only straighten up a building's verticals if the camera is pointing upwards by less than about 12 to 15 degrees. More than that and I'll leave it alone, as "over-correcting" to my eye looks very artificial. This fairly modest degree of adjustment can be done in Photoshop with only minor loss of quality. Regarding Adnan's point of trying to achieve selective focus. If you're looking for that dreamy, impressionistic effect then a very cheap route is with the "Lens Baby" in a Canon mount. It's a simple Holga style lens (actually it's a bit better than a Holga) with a flexible tube for a body. This means you can pull and twist it by hand to achieve dramatic selective focus effects. Try a search as I think they have some sample shots on their web page. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ron c sunshine coast,qld,a Posted October 4, 2004 Share Posted October 4, 2004 Luminous lanscape has a report of one of those-the Hartblei i think Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitch_zeissler Posted October 4, 2004 Share Posted October 4, 2004 Check out the following two 3rd party solutions as well: Zoerk http://www.zoerk.com/ Horseman http://www.horsemanusa.com/vcc.html Neither is inexpensive. I have the Zoerk myself and will be unloading it on eBay shortly, as I just don't use it enough to justify keeping it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adnan Posted October 4, 2004 Author Share Posted October 4, 2004 Thanks for all the responses. The galleries on the Lensbaby site are pretty neat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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