Photography: Using a tilt shift lens

[apetercharlesstudio]

Nonsense. TS lenses have lost favor with software doing the heavy lifting. I guess some people still live in the 90's

[apetercharlesstudio]

While so many bemoan post processing, I can't see the need for shift tilt lenses in this digital age. There are several ways to accomplish max sharpness w/o a specialty lens. By the way, what do you mean "you can't change white balance?" Why not shoot the RAW file? I don't know many pro's including myself who shoot *.jpg

[skiers4life]

@apetercharlesstudio Umm...how about straight line in architectural photography? Gotta have a TS for that.

[fotofotots2]

Is that a fact, James.....really.....?

[moviemyles100]

if you shot raw they would be even sharper

[fotofotots2]

@moviemyles100  RAW is not sharp, myles. That's why it's called RAW....you have to add sharpness, as well as contrast and saturation, at least.

[moviemyles100]

@fotofotots2 by sharp i mean better quality. try editing a JPEG file heavily and then compare it to a raw file you have done the same thing to.

[azumie1990]

can i know what type of lens we must use to take tilt shift picture?

[Ianhamilton78]

@azumie1990 A tilt and shift lens is required, nikon have 3 not sure about canon

[TheCheekynumber]

faggot hat

[fotofotots2]

@TheCheekynumber It takes one to know one, cowboy. Funny, that phrase "faggot hat" has the same number of letters as your IQ.

[huetares53]

I did enjoy this a lot appreciated ... one question is the steel support you use to hold the camera vertical in the tripod ... where can I get one or what's called  Thank you

[necrodrama]

wow gracias, nunca vi a alguin haciendo un test asi, algun dia me comprare uno y le enseñare alos demas como usted gracias ...

[tainadelcaribe]

You don't need to use this lens JUST to make "diorama" pictures, he just showed you. And stop it with the Photoshop talk, that is not photography if faketography!!

[jackbussell]

this guy is kinda noob

[fotofotots2]

@jackbussell What the hell is a noob??

[jackbussell]

@fotofotots2 you know, noobie, rookie

[fotofotots2]

@jackbussell oh, I get it. Just curious, could you tell me when your last article and/or book was published, or print sale occurred??

[ormandh]

Nice!

[Waldchiller]

This is the worst example of using a Tilt Shift in the history of mankind. LOL

[geradgray]

@Waldchiller why because he's not using it to make something big look small? it has multiple applications

[fotofotots2]

@Waldchiller  Really? Are you that old??

[spoddie]

That last photo with the shade setting looked far too yellow to me. The greens looked great but the water was yellow.

[fotofotots2]

@spoddie agreed. Would do differently today.

[TheAffinityStudios]

I see you have a interesting bracket on that Nikon is it something special that comes with the tripod?

[fotofotots2]

@TheAffinityStudios Really Right Stuff "L" bracket.

[lunablu01]

Sei molto bravo; purtroppo il mio vocabolario di inglese non mi consente di capire tutto. Grazie comunque

Ciao

[monteoner]

focus is pretty good. well its better than good, its fucking kick-ass righteous man

[rorrt]

is this basically the Scheimpflug Principle but used on a larger subject?

where there is a line of best fit where the subject is, and the line of where the film, or sensor in this case should be. and you must make those meet.

[Regards200800]

WHAT THE HELL IS THIS STUPID NEW YOUTUBE PLAYER????????????????? I CAN'T EVEN SEEK? OMGG

[Danstarfella87]

Brilliant work

[filmrebelroby]

I like the cool toneｓ　Ｆｏｒ　ａ　ｐｏｎｄ better than the warm color temp.

[drewat18]

I think it is pronounced Nee-Kon..not..nay-kon..I'm asian, the brand is asian..and I've read about Nikons. But Americans pronounce it that way..it's okay anyway

[KreatorOfDeath1985]

If this makes Big things look small...

can you make Small things look big...?

[andreee916]

@KreatorOfDeath1985 Macro lenses/photography. Or a microscope. Either one.

[pplpilot]

More a lesson in White balance than setting the plane of focus, I suggest you all familiarise yourselves with the Scheimpflug principle then go out and get a 5x4 field camera and prepare to learn all about exposure, the Zone system, tilt/shift/swing/rise/fall. Trouble with digital it has spawned a whole generation of so called photographers.

[rvdw98]

@pplpilot If it works for them, then I don't see what the "trouble" is.

Most of us are not in it for the money, so why should everyone learn how to operate a large format camera or a tilt/shift lens to free themselves from the "so called" stigma? A photographer, by definition, is nothing more than someone who makes photographs.

If I don't know how to use a stick shift, does that make me a "so called driver"?

[svendmusic]

@rvdw98 Yes.

[JamesThornbrook]

@rvdw98 You got it right. I had a mentor from the old days. He was a master but he never

went on about how to work a cam. He taught me how to think and see.

I get 400 favs on flikr for very simple images.

[fotofotots2]

@JamesThornbrook "likes": on flickr are cute. How many photos have you $old?

[JamesThornbrook]

@fotofotots2

All images have been sold for 2012.

[Zoidberg227]

@pplpilot I wish I could AFFORD a decent field camera, the film to go with it, the processing equipment, and all that, and then have the time to process my own plates, since there's sure as hell nobody around here that'll do it. I certainly prefer shooting film over digital, but the financial and time cost savings of shooting digital is the trump card here.

[viperz888]

@pplpilot you're just jealous you can't work photoshop.

[JamesThornbrook]

@pplpilot I think there are MANY ways to make a great image.

[Blizzard56k]

@klaus686 He's only adjusting the settings, he's taking the photo's with the remote in his hand.

[jthode33]

Thanks for the video. A comment on the white balance. If you shot raw format you can set that after the fact in your raw converter.

[t242802049]

Nice info on the TS lens. I am using it on the opposite end of the spectrum, getting the circular blur effect around the edge of the frame. What a diverse lens! These are used a lot in Interior Home/Business Photographs.

[gammylt]

Nice exercise! I shoot MF and have never tried a tilt shift with 35. I hate post processing b/c any 15 year can do it now... but to get that definition rough is amazing... looks like N. Carolina? Anywho... thanks!

[ptrefftz]

I don't think age has that much to do with it. Even though post-processing has it's benefits I think people are relying on it too much these days.

[Buhzie15]

@ptrefftz I'm an audio recording guy and i agree... that lesson applies to what i do too. people think that i can make a terrible drumset sound great in post processing, but it all comes down to how good the drums sound beforehand.

[roxtar10870]

@Buhzie15 I've found from my brief experience in the studio that the guy playing the drums/guitar/sax etc. makes a world of difference. I guess even the most expensive camera in the world won't make Rosy O'donnel pretty either!!!

[rorrt]

@ptrefftz

Yeah, in my college last year we did loads of darkroom and chemical photography, and photography at its purest form, 9 times out of 10, it would take less time to do another 10 shots in the studio, than to persiviere with a average negative and make it acceptable.

but i say that, and i feel this is putting to much of an emphasis on tech, i love tech, i have a new Canon 550d, but at the end of the day, the camera doesnt get up at 4am, i do...

[JamesThornbrook]

@ptrefftz As long as one can make a GREAT image WHO CARES how they get it.

[vi54]

@ptrefftz i catch your drift

however, post was the darkroom back then, okay, 'limmited' but it was :)