Nikon 45mm PC-E: How to use It.

This video explains into depth about how a perspective control lens works featuring Nikon's flagship 45mm ƒ/2.8D ED PC-E Micro-Nikkor. It shows you what a PC-E (or original PC) lens can do to your photographs with its special lens movements of Shifting, Tilting, and Swinging.

Shift = Controls perspective
Tilt / Swing = Controls depth of field (similar to aperture but on the same line / plane)

If you like the sample images as shown on the video, please feel free to contact me for five free (copyrighted) samples taken with D3 + 45mm ƒ/2.8D ED PC-E Micro-Nikkor.

Enjoy! :)

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Education

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• Nikon
• 45mm
• 24mm
• 85mm
• 2.8
• 3.5
• PC-E
• Micro-Nikkor
• Perspective
• Control
• Tilt
• Shift
• Swing
• How
• To
• Tutorial
• Demonstration

[writeDVD]

What I'd like to see on future Nikons is a removable finder so I can use a waist level finder like I did with my F2 and my Hasselblad.

[Lilkiwiguy87]

F5 + DW-30 Waist-Level Finder can do just that except they're 15 years old now. F6 + DR-5 Right Angle Viewfinder can almost do the same thing.

[STLbarcelona5]

I recently rented the 24mm pc-e and one note about the sunstars. I regularly achieved them at apertures as wide as f/5.6. So stopping down isn't entirely necessary.

[Lilkiwiguy87]

Stopping down is necessary because this isn't a wide angle lens. Any wide angle lenses can get star effect at F/4.0 or F/5.6.

[Zachari1111]

Hi Joey

Do you know how this lens performs on the D700, does the housing of the built-in flash limit the movements of the lens?

Can you perform simultaneous tilt and shift on the same axis?

Thanks in advance

BTW nice video...again.

[Lilkiwiguy87]

It is more of an inconvenience than a limitation - when you rotate the lens 90 degrees to the right (when holding the camera), you will have hard time to shift the lens but simply rotate the lens 90 degrees to the LEFT and problem solved. You still can shift sideways in that direction.

Yes, you can shift and tilt at the same axis but you will need to send it to Nikon to rotate the mount 90 degrees. If you do this by yourself, you will end your 5-years Nikon Warranty.

Hope this helps. :)

[Lilkiwiguy87]

Unfortunately, not even close. Lensbabies do have tilting ability that is similar to Nikkor's except it can do tilting ONLY (no shifting). Lensbaby is popular for tilting and shooting wide open (for blurry sides with sharp center) and that's it. Simply do not expect superb bokeh (out of focus rendition), colors, and sharpness.

The Nikkor PC-E is designed to absorb more depth of field (tilting it could be stopped down to F/22 without lens diffraction) and perspective control (shifting).

[zerocolder]

Hi again joey.. Have a quick qq..

Is "lens baby" concept same with this???

[Lilkiwiguy87]

If you like the tilting effects (blurred sides), you can go with LensBabies but don't expect it to perform as good as this lens. :)

[niklashbg]

Thanks for posting this! I really didn't have a clue of what this lens did, earlier. But now see, what awesome effects it produces!

^^ Nikon <3