Tilt-Shift Lens: Ep 204: Digital Photography 1 on 1: Adorama Photography TV 

What RU-vid photography videos were like 11 years ago. I learned so much from Mark Wallace and other photographers like Mike Brown, who taught me how to use my camera to its maximum potential. Current photography influencer videos are either infomercials, silly prediction videos, or time-wasters obsessed with useless specs. There are still some good photo channels, but they have almost no subscribers. I just got a tilt-shift lens, and watching this video made everything crystal clear to me in under 20 minutes. Thank you!

I have watched 6 videos on tilt-shift, this is the best one.

Great video, thanks for taking the time to explain T/S in such an informative and visually engaging manner.

Best description of a Tilt Shift Lens operation. What I would like to see is the difference between all five Canon Tilt Shift models, with an explanation if when and what subject you would use each particular lens to capture an image. Nice work on this video tutorial.

Clear instructions. Nice presentation!

i don't understand why people put dislike on your videos, when I am (may be some others like me) using your videos to learn everything about photography and planning to make a playlist with only your videos.

Great video, very helpful with with my new Canon 17mm TS-E. If I recall my view-camera basics from long ago, some of the terminology may be off a bit. TILT is tilting the lens up or down vertically. SWING is swinging the lens left or right horizontally. Tilt and Swing are accomplished with the same knob on this lens, but to switch between TILT and SWING the lens must be rotated 90°. Marc used TILT to demonstrate selective focus and depth-of-field with the book and the miniature effect. SHIFT refers to left and right movement of the lens while keeping it parallel to the image plane (used in last segment of the video, Adorama sets). RISE AND FALL refers to up-and-down movement of the lens, still parallel to the image plane, as shown in the studio target with yellow lines and the historic house segments. The SHIFT and the RISE AND FALL movements are accomplished with the same knob on this lens, but to switch between the two the lens must be rotated 90°.

The outtakes are great. Glad you've been including them.

Good stuff Mark... (I use tilt/shift's all the time) Can I add something? - always use a spirit level, on the camera, or above the pivot point on your tripod head, when taking pictures of buildings... to make sure your camera is perfectly level.

Thank you so very much for posting the video!!!!! Lots of time went into making this video and I really appreciate it.

This is a great video explaining this lens! Fantastic!!! One problem....where is the before and after shot of the house, you said look at it but it never showed up in the video :-(

Very nice Mark! The first really useful explanation of the T/S lens and technique I've seen.

Great video as always. I have been waiting for an exceptional explanation and tutorial on tilt shift lenses. THANKS!

Very helpful. And the panorama capability...fantastic.

I think you are a very good teacher. I like the whole video. Very nice job.

Great video as usual! You always have a great way of making things easy to understand

Best how to video on T/S I have seen yet!

One of the best tilt/shift explanation I found on the web. Thanks, Mark! Regards Marco Wydmuch

Very good video, suddenly all made sense!

Excellent, my next purchase will be a Canon Tilt lens.

Nice demo Mark

Best TS explanation

Super informative 😊

Really well explained video. Can I ask where the results for shifting of the house at 13:50 are because it would be interesting to see them. Thanks again, regards from Paul, Adelaide, South Australia

Best as always!

thanks mark this will be my next lens for sure.

Thank you so much Mark! awesome video as aways.

Great tutorial, i wond be buying that lens but it was an awesome topic thank you for your great work

Best TS explaination

Very good video. It was useful for me. Thanks ! :)

Thanks, great explanation.

Amazing video again, thank you so much. One question, I’m new to the Tilt / Shift lens game. How much is the lens better, then doing it in photoshop or Lightroom?

Silly Question. With a mirror less camera can you do the metering etc after shifting and tilting?

Thank you mark

Great Video and Explanation. I hope someone can answer my question. With the lens correction feature in Adobe Lighroom, does this tilt shift lens warrant the cost, or the hassle of setting it up? I suppose in some instances. but for buildings and architecture when I can straighten them easily post production?

Hmmm... The picture where the house tilts backwards... After being "fixed" looks like it about to break in the middle instead??? Is it because of the lens or is the house like that Mark?

Coming from my 4x5 days; the terminalogy should be: Tilt is up and down and Swing is from left to right (like you are swinging a bat)

@LikeStig It's very visible for something as simple as shooting a flat subject (like a book or a building). You probably won't be shooting flat things, though, so you still need to worry about depth of field -- it's just going to be in front of and behind the new plane of focus. Search for "Focusing the View Camera" by Harold Merklinger; it's available as a free PDF download, and it explains the Hinge and Scheimpflug rules very clearly, and makes using tilt/swing in the field easy.

thank you very much!

@ 13:01 - 13:07 the camera is actually aiming down. If it were parallel to the wall, there would be little to no visible keystoning as seen here. This is exactly why I prefer a geared head for architectural work. But I understand why you'd use a ball head for doing quick video demos.

14:15 you tell to look at these shots which you just took but didn't show. :)

thank you!

Noob question, will this work and if so how much of a difference does it make if using a cropped body like the 70D?

Damn this is the craziest kind of lens I ever saw! Does anyone know of others as wierd as this?

Doing so, you won't get the same angle to the object. Shift lens help you to maintain the same point of view while reducing distortion case by case.

How do these work in photographing food?

@joeyjoiner14 You can find it on flickr! Link is in the video.

12:59 did you take off your wireless mic?

sir i want to buy a new Nikon camera can you suggest me a good camera for making movie

Mark I still have a question. why people would spend over $2000 to make this blurry effect instead of using photoshop. Natural look? Or is it different?

Can you Autofocus with these canon TS lenses?

Hi Mark, tell me can I use a tilt shift lens 45mm f 2.8 also for portrait photography? Thanks, i want to make sure before i buy it...

does tamron make this lens?

I love Star Wars.

Can that lens be stopped down?

Try unblurring in Photoshop.

@PhotographersOnUTube There is a huge difference between a real tilt shift lens and a lensbaby. If you just want the "miniature" look a lensbaby is OK but for architecture or studeo work you need the real thing

nice

And why not just moving the camera or shifting the tripod? I'm still confused :-/

Walimex Pro f3,5/24 mm Tilt-Shift Objektiv beim amazon.de am 1. april erscheinen :)

Wouldn't it be possible to just change the height of the position to achieve the same effect?

Did you mean the "Diorama effect"?

I think so, but I think you need to get up much much higher than you need to shift the lens

@joeyjoiner14 The annotation says to see them at flickr[dot]com/adoramatv

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Nice video! Now i understand Tilt shift lenses... Now i want one... Not good for my wallet!

uploaded on a b day :) can i get a free tilt shift

this is gd

tiger mark....!

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Man only 1min late to be first

they might but i would NOT trust them, they dont have the best build quality and with this being such a hard lens to make if they actually did make one it would be something to avoid in my opinion

"go to Flickr to see the images"? Really? I understand wanting to drive traffic but to not include the before/after shots in the video is going a bit far...

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waste of money..

He confused tilt and swing through the entire video not a good way to be educational.

savw yourself 2000 dollars and do it in photoshop...

thank you RU-vid Algorithm for the recommendation.