Canon TS-E 24mm F3.5L II hands on preview What is literally revolutionary about Canon’s new lenses is that both allow, for the first time, independent rotation of the tilt and shift axes relative to the camera and to each other. Previously the tilt axis was set as standard at 90º to the shift axis, and the lenses could be modified to set them both in the same axis if the user desired. This restriction has now been discarded, making the lens movements, and therefore creative options, much more flexible. The tilt and shift mechanism rotates +/-90°, allowing shift in any direction, and in addition the tilt mechanism rotates +/-90°, allowing tilt in any direction relative to the shift. This functionality enables photographers to maximize depth of field in their images without stopping down as far as they would otherwise need - essential when wishing to squeeze every last pixel of detail from the latest 20+ Mp DSLRs while avoiding the deleterious effects of diffraction. *drool*

Canon TS-E 24mm F3.5L II hands on preview

What is literally revolutionary about Canon’s new lenses is that both allow, for the first time, independent rotation of the tilt and shift axes relative to the camera and to each other. Previously the tilt axis was set as standard at 90º to the shift axis, and the lenses could be modified to set them both in the same axis if the user desired. This restriction has now been discarded, making the lens movements, and therefore creative options, much more flexible. The tilt and shift mechanism rotates +/-90°, allowing shift in any direction, and in addition the tilt mechanism rotates +/-90°, allowing tilt in any direction relative to the shift. This functionality enables photographers to maximize depth of field in their images without stopping down as far as they would otherwise need - essential when wishing to squeeze every last pixel of detail from the latest 20+ Mp DSLRs while avoiding the deleterious effects of diffraction.
*drool*

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