11
element / 9 group design
Manual focus
Closest Focusing Distance 0.3m / 1 ft.
Filter Size: 72mm
Max. Diameter: 78.0mm
Max Length: 86.7mm
Weight: 570g / 1.3 lbs
New
Street Price: $1100-1400
Used Value: $700-900
Adapts with Av metering and infinity focus to Nikon, Olympus
field of view
Canon
1Ds:
8200x3000
pixels (landscape) 22MP
6000x5000 pixels (portrait) 24MP
1Ds2:
8000x5000 pixels (portrait) 32MP
20D:
6000x3000 pixels (portrait) 22MP
D50:
4000x3000 pixels (portrait) 19MP
Luminous Landscape
Jack Flesher article
Photography Review
Fred Miranda
Henning Wulff
photo.net
Forum Thread
Outback
Photo Forum Thread 1
Outback
Photo Forum Thread 2
Rob
Galbraith Forum Thread 1
Not the best 24mm, but the only one that tilts. Expect nasty parallax correction in any shift lens this wide when stitching.
Superbly made L-class lens with fluorite elements and unique in offering shift and tilt in the same axis (with a little factory modification), this versatile lens has a mixed press with regard to optical quality: some love it, others are disappointed. Most samples seem to perform better than its woeful photodo rating suggests, but there's little doubt that it doesn't perform well at the edge of its image circle. Though direct comparisons are rare, the received wisdom is that the Olympus 24mm PC (if you can find one) justifies its extra cost. As with all 35mm tilt lenses, you may find that 8° just isn't enough.
* Chromatic aberration, vignetting and resolution loss make movements +8mm shift unviable for critical work. This limits the practical FOV to nearer 18mm on full frame.