Digital BW, The Print

Sam,

This might be a good place to start and offer a
counterpoint to Paul's experience with TS lenses.
http://www.luminous-landscape.com/reviews/lenses/24-vs-24.shtml

Fred Meranda's site has many reviews on these lenses
too http://www.fredmiranda.com/reviews/

I use the 17-40 f4L on my EOS1Ds mkII and have been
very happy with the quality for landscape use.

Guy

--- Sam McCandless <samcc@...> wrote:

> At 10:18 PM -0700 7/7/05, Paul Roark wrote (in very
> small part):
> >[snip]
> >For example, I'm a big fan of the Canon tilt and
> shift lenses,
> 
> [with 35mm film]?
> 
> >but that big image circle and radical retro-focus
> design makes the 
> >24 and even 45mm TS lenses weaklings when it comes
> to resolution, 
> >etc.
> 
> [with the Digital Rebel]?
> 
> I.e., is Canon's 24mm T/S L-class lens a strong
> solution _with film_ 
> when it comes to resolution, etc.? If not, I
> wouldn't think Paul 
> would be a fan of it, but I'm trying to make sure I
> don't read too 
> much into Paul's post by taking it out of the
> context of his new 
> digital Rebel.
> 
> 
> I'd appreciate any advice about how best to upgrade
> my Canon EF 
> 20-35mm 1:3.5-4.5. I rarely use it below 24 and also
> have Canon's EF 
> 35mm 1:2 lens, which I can use to improve on this
> mediocre short zoom 
> at the high end. But what about at the wider end?
> 
> I would already have bought one of Canon's newest
> L-class short zooms 
> if I could decide which is better. But while I've
> been dithering, 
> I've seen the 24mm T/S L-class lens mentioned as a
> good way to shoot 
> high-resolution panoramas by shifting the lens. And
> that, as well as 
> the DoF advantage, is appealing.
> 
> Thanks.
> --
> Sam
> 
> 


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