Sometimes I have a specific one Image in mind. Sometimes I think about which lens can help me create the image in my head. Sometimes I can't find the right lens. Sometimes the image in my head becomes stronger and stronger and if I still don't know what optics I can use to turn the image into reality, I go to a camera shop. This often becomes dangerous for my account balance. Same yesterday. But when I picked up the Nikkor PC-E 24mm f3.5 D ED and checked that the adjustment screws on the lens had no problems with the stem of my D800e, I had a buying reflex.
After the first release I clicked my tongue. Anyone ever with that? extremely modest sharpness near infinity at 24mm where the AF-S 24-70mm f/2.8 struggled, you will understand me. The sharpness in this area in particular is top notch with the PC-E 24mm f3.5 D ED, even when the aperture is open.
The lens is a so-called Tilt-shift lens. Among other things, a classic architectural look, because I can straighten buildings by shifting. Or more precisely, move straighter, because the lens cannot completely compensate for the parallax error. This is created when I stand on the ground and photograph a building high up. When tilting, I move the lens system and can thus enlarge the focus area - for example in macro shots that do not (cannot) take place parallel to the camera plane. Keith Loutit reversed this effect and used it to create his miniature worlds.
In order to use these options on the lens, there are different knobs on the optics. There is actually an adjusting screw on the viewfinder stem of the Nikon D800. However, it is possible to rotate the lens system in the other direction to determine the tilt effect. That's why it's no problem to use the Nikkor PC-E 24mm f3.5 D ED on the D800.
I already have the PC-E Nikkor 45mm f/2.8 and it can be used on the D800 without any problems. For example, I have this Thumbnail of the Klitschko fight made in the O2 World.
By the way: all Nikon tilt-shift lenses are manually focused ones Lenses.
It will still take some time to implement my picture idea, but I'm looking forward to it...
LensPARK…. aaaaaarghs... there it was again, the bad word from a certain No Hoseam Butt But White Moped Driving Forum 😉
The 24 PC-E can do something and yet I have been able to resist it so far; For me, 28 and 35 are enough for moving in just one direction. And for model railway illusion there is this strange thing from Sigma... euh... Sine? ...Sina...Tina? dammich! Sinar…😉
Lens park? I don't park my lenses, I use them. 😉
😉 ... which one should I take with me to the show and bekkstäitsch? And which camera? Full format or crop? It's gray outside, bright inside... can the batteries handle it? And the megapixels? Do I have to pay attention to anything else? Customs ? Hand luggage limit? hehe
Have fun with this thing 🙂
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Can you still take photos with crop cameras? You're saying things here...
Hi Stefan,
I'm looking forward to your results! I struggled with it for a long time and eventually got the 24mm... but quickly brought it back because I didn't like the imaging performance when shifting on the D4... even less so on the D800E. I hope that Nikon will get carried away with updates here.
Oh, let's see: so far I've only tilted 😉