Photography How-To - Tilt Shift lenses with Tony Sweet

[@georgemanny]

the video doesn't show the 'how to use the tilt shift lens'.

[@GTMcKean]

On a tilt shift lens, the front element of the lens can be repositioned to tilt up/down or side to side. This makes the plane of focus shift to an oblique angle. There are two adjustment knobs that allow you to move the front lens freely from the back element of the lens. Hope that helps.

[@YouTougle]

The idea of the tilt shift lens, is to move the focal plane from being parallel to the sensor, to an angle offset to the plane of the sensor. Imagine you are working with a focal length that gives you say 4 foot of in-focus shot. If you tilt the plane of focus, you lengthen that in-focus distance. Think of it like photographing a book in reverse, if you tilt the book up, you get more of the cover in focus... try it. It's used a lot in architecture shots too, as it reduces convergence.

[@FarrisTX]

Tony Sweet is a great photographer.

[@kunstwert]

Hi Tony, I like the moss covered stones you have found here. By the way, where is that location?

[@Kaisersozze]

Is that Speilberg? Even sounds like him. How can I have focus all through the frame like that using the tilt shift?

[@Mr727db]

Ian, thanks for the tips. I'm planning my first trip to Smoky Mountain National Park this fall. Any particular spots in the park you would recommend for water related photos?

[@MasterPhotoWorkshops]

Tony uses a Really RIght Stuff ball head. I'm not sure of the model number but it's the larger sized head.

[@MasterPhotoWorkshops]

It's a Gitzo 3540XLS tripod. Tony's blog has a complete list of all his gear. Search "Tony Sweet Photography Blog"

[@Enid2Sacramento]

Tony... Thanks for the video. By the way, what ballhead are you using? I'm very unhappy with my old one.

[@andrewporfyri559]

That head is from a company called Really Right Stuff

[@Guayabero1977]

cool, please upload more.

[@coryh8391]

So theoretically, if I had a regular fixed lens on my DSLR I would be able to achieve the same sharp focusing ability as a tilt-shift by raising my camera (gaining height on the tripod) and tilting the entire camera body and lens down onto the plane of the river bed slope. Is that correct? Additionally, is this a desired perspective for professional landscape photographers? I always shoot straight on to a scene. Thanks

[@andrewporfyri559]

The only way to achieve full sharpness doing it the way you suggested is to be on a ladder

[@The911fella]

thanks for the vid, very helpful

[@EpicFilmz12]

What kind of tripod is that??

[@Jgbo25]

what kind of tripod is that? snazy

[@ggwildlife]

excellent video im gonna buy the canon TS-E 24mm mk II tilt shift.

[@MikeGecawicz]

What camera? What Tripod?

[@MrKunkov]

What is the release plate shown on this video? ... I can't find any info in "Tony Sweet Photography Blog"...

[@GTMcKean]

+Александр Куньков Really Right Stuff quick release system

[@Shveti]

What shutter speed? Aperture?

[@jeffd.3883]

im a little confused. Why not just lower the tripod to correct tilt?

[@fcmilsweeper9]

I know what a Tilt/Shift (at least a fake) effect is, but what does the lense actually do on a functional level?

[@ruffirder77]

Where is this place? Oh My Loard... I have been looking for this type of place... Please... Please do tell...

[@MasterPhotoWorkshops]

The Great Smokey Mountains National Park

[@199385369]

so why not up the iso a bit?

[@spiderbite7849]

what camera do you film this with? a DSLR?

[@theNikonGuy]

Really? You needed to ask that stupid question?

[@mutatron]

To me the "blue" one makes the moss look more green, while the "shade" makes it look almost chartreuse.

[@AndrewYianne]

Gatlinburg! WOO!

[@Photoshopuzr]

thats the BH-55 I got the same one :)

[@MasterPhotoWorkshops]

This is in The Great Smokey Mountains.

[@gettheleadoutasshole]

Gatlinburg, nice

[@simonphelan5434]

Why are you not using the portrait shutter whilst the camera is in such orientation & it has the portrait shutter available?

[@chrissnyder4439]

Because it's smarter to use a cable release than to touch the camera.

[@KateLindsayTaeuschel]

Depth of field is NOT the same as sharpness

[@fcmilsweeper9]

OH REALLY SHOULD I SEARCH HOW TO DO SOMETHING ON THE INTERNET? WOULD THAT BE A GOOD IDEA? Of course I've already done that. The problem with a search site is that you don't know what it is you don't know, hence why I asked people.

[@sjbuck]

If you're shooting RAW why are you concerned with white balance?

[@Jazzmaster1992]

Because getting more of the image correct in the camera means less work in post processing, not to mention an improper WB can be very hard to correct in post, depending on how bad it is.

[@Shadowstray]

Ian Lindo When you shoot in RAW, the WB does not affect the data recorded in the image file. I had to triple check this because you got me scared :) However, reading some discussions, it appears that WB can affect the histogram you see and you may make incorrect assumptions about whether you're overexposing your shots for example. I've also read a lot of professional photographer opinions on whether to shoot RAW or not and saw a disturbing number of people saying it's a pointless waste of space... Uhm, whatever...

[@smaakjeks]

+Shadowstray Ignoring white balance in the field means you can focus on other stuff. It's a time saver. You would spend more time obsessing over correct WB in the field than the time it takes to correct in post. The histogram is slightly affected, but it won't make a difference in results. RAW files allow you to easily recover several stops of light.

[@TheJACKCOLORADO]

I have been using an Expodisc to set my white balance and I have noticed a tremendous deifference in color accuracy. So much so that I seldom adjust it in post. But my skills in post production are not what they should be.

[@pleatedskirt18]

To learn how to use a TS lens watch this... kzbin.info/www/bejne/e6m7kmVqnK6npJY

[@universalsailor]

Dagga, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang ...

[@SilentGuyX]

Google it.

[@Mikeyt2000]

Dat hat...

[@rickmorris5771]

I can't help but worry about leaving thousands of dollars in gear in the back of trunk of the car. Lately I've been reading a lot about windows getting smashed and photo equipment being stolen.

[@chrissnyder4439]

If you're just trying to maximize your depth of field, do yourself a favor: learn focus stacking and save yourself a couple grand on buying this lens.

[@petrub27]

but u need to spend the money for the computer, monitor and photoshop subscription, lol; or u can buy an iphone with that portraiture mode instead of using a full frame camera with a wide prime lens and call yourself a smart photographer as well; or is like buying a cheap car and driving it downhill with high speed and wonder y ppl are paying so much money for a sport car when u can achieve the same speed;

[@dereknz100]

Purchased a second hand shift tilt lens yesterday, Canon's equivalent the TS-E 90mm and managed to get a chance to try it out today for a short time. I tried Chris's suggestion focus stacking for the first time, it doesn't work well on this lens as it focus breathes causing ghosting on the stacked images, worse on the stacks when the lens is shifted to the left or right. I'm guessing ghosting is a problem on other lenses too that focus breathe if you adjust the focus for your stacked images rather than sliding camera on a focus rail. The experiment I tried was a 3 shot pano left, center, right with 6x focus stacks for each of the 3 pano positions @ 4m, 5, 7, 10, 15 & 30m at f5.6 it's optimum aperture. I purchased this lens over a macro lens as for me I can see it being more versatile for my photography

[@chrissnyder4439]

Interesting. The only time I've had an issue with focus breathing is if I stacked images with content ranging from just a few inches from me all the way out to infinity. When shooting something like the stream in this video I've never had an issue with it.

[@dereknz100]

I'll play around with this lens once the Xmas rush is over, just wanted to make sure it was working ok as just purchased from an online auction and wasn't packed that well, also wanted to test making panos using the lens shift function. It worked fine on my test shots with seamless stitching with camera body stationary and also shifted 11mm on a macro focus rail to correspond with the lens 11mm shift to the left and right. The stack focus pano with the body shifted matching the lens shift didn't blend well in one area with the stitch. I don't think this lens will be any good for stack focusing as just tried the photos took yesterday cutting back to three per stack 10m, 15m & 30m and checked on the middle and left shifted position, both results are still ghosting.

[@andrewporfyri559]

That's not always the best way as the image in the foreground or background will physically change in size depending where you focus

[@flaggerify]

It wouldn't work.