Nikkor 24mm Tilt Shift Lens by Stacy Pearsall
August 7, 2012 by Manfrotto
Filed under Beyond the Basics, Gear
Lens (mm): 24
ISO: 100
Aperture: 3.5
Shutter: 1/125
Program: Manual
I know that it’s a matter of opinion whether a picture produced by a tilt shift lens is a gimmick or not. I’m a firm believer that with any technique or specialty lens in moderation can be useful – even tilt shift. My husband, Andy Dunaway, purchased the PC-E NIKKOR 24mm f/3.5D ED right after its release in 2008.
Lens (mm): 24
ISO: 200
Aperture: 4
Shutter: 1/4000
Exp. Comp.: -0.5
Program: Aperture Priority
The PC-E is the first wide-angle tilt-shift lens from Nikon. While the company was first to offer a shift lens for a 35mm system camera, its wide-angle Perspective Control (PC-E) lenses lacked a tilt functionality until this lens came along.
Lens (mm): 24
ISO: 800
Aperture: 3.5
Shutter: 1/500
Program: Manual
The lens’ wide shifting range of (+/-) 11.5mm and a tilting range of (+/-) 8.5 degrees provides exceptional control. If you've never seen a tilt-shift lens before, it may appear somewhat daunting with its strange knobs and locks. The rise and fall controls are on the left, swing knob is on top. The whole thing rotates in 30-degree clicks as marked on the rear-most part of the barrel. The rotation index is just under the golden “3.5D” mark on the identity plate.
However, it’s not that bad once you get the hang of it. The PC-E basically replicates what a view camera does.
The view camera has a flexible bellows, which forms a light-tight seal between the lens and the film holder. The accordion-pleated bellows has the ability to flex and change the space between the front lens and the film plane symmetrically or asymmetrically. This allows the photographer control of the focus and convergence of parallel lines.
The PC-E can only adjust the tilt or shift one at a time: you have to press the release lock, near the camera's lens release button and rotate it to do one or the other.
Rise and fall are the movements of either the lens or rear standard vertically along a line in a plane parallel to the film plane. The lens is moved vertically, either up or down, along the lens plane in order to change the portion of the image that will be captured on the film.
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