Christmas is officially in full tilt
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Posted: Dec 23 in photography
Christmas has come early. Thank you Fed-Ex.
Today they delivered my new lens, the Canon TS-E 24mm f3.5 II. Quite the mouthful. I just call it ‘my tilt-shift.’
I was really busy today so had just a few minutes to take it out of the box, attach it to the camera and have a quick play with it. I’ll not bore you with all the technicalities but basically the lens has two knobs which when turned alter the lenses relationship with the camera’s sensor. Put more simply, you fiddle the knob of the left, you fiddle the knob on the top, you set your aperture and focus point and bingo – you make things look like minitures.
This lens really favors shots taken from a height so I took this from my balcony during a little break.
Coach passes by the Green Room Bar
2 Responses
Jan 20, 2010 - 7:45 pm
Peter Kamperman
Hi Dave, what’s up? Still checking your website every now and then. Some great stuff, I’ve read about the tilt shift but never saw it in action. Love your shots
Do you actually live above the green bar? I seriously live 2 minutes away from there now. Great spot to be with the quays around the corner.
Jan 27, 2010 - 2:02 pm
Dave
Hi Peter! No way! We’ll have to meet up some day. Go on a little photo walk around the docks