Shift Lenses - NIKKOR PC 35mm f/2.8 - tips and tricks for street photography

I've had the chance to find a used NIKKOR PC 35mm f/2.8 in mint condition and I wanted to give it a try.
Few days after my purchase I received this tiny little piece of Nikon glasses very well assembled and pleasing to use, either on a DSLR or on an Hybrid Camera.
Let me show you with few examples the benefit of this tilt function compared to afterward modification in Light Room.
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And more over, check what I discovered that is so powerful for street photographers ! Watch until the end !

[@AndreoPhoto]

this is definitely an interesting tip! thank you for sharing. will try this

[@DidierMOULINPhotography]

Hi Andre, sorry for ly late answer. Thanks for your comment. Did you try this trick? what is your experience with Shift lenses?

[@blipblip100]

Very interesting -Thanks!!!

[@russseuffert803]

I never thought of using my 28pc lens for hand held use. Thanks for the tip. I'm going to give it a try.

[@DidierMOULINPhotography]

Yes with 28mm it must be cool also! Tell me what you think if it works!

[@romansivers]

Great video! Thank you!

[@DidierMOULINPhotography]

You’re welcome Roman Do you own any shift lens ?

[@romansivers]

@@DidierMOULINPhotography no, but I was thinking about this very lens.

[@bradmiller9993]

Sooooo this is a shift lens, but doesn't tilt. Is that correct ? How about image quality ? Thanks for the video !

[@DidierMOULINPhotography]

Yes correct. Sorry if I made a mistake in my wording. Quality is fine on a 24Mpx sensor. I didn’t use it very often but for what I remember I was really pleased by the result. Closed a little for optimum depth of field in architecture images and you have plenty details!

[@WillAustin]

Merci!

[@TresoBox]

Hi I just bought this lens last month, do you know there is a tiny red dot on the focus ring, do you know how to use it, is that for infrared focusing?. I mean if you shooting infrared , then the focus will need to swfit to that red dot. it's is a complicated lens, but i love it.

[@DidierMOULINPhotography]

Hi Henry, Yes this red dot is for infra red films I found this into the user manual of an old camera « The red dot beside the focusing index on most lenses is the infrared focusing index. When shooting with black-and-white (but not color) infrared film , it is necessary to refocus the lens to compensate for the fact that infrared light rays focus at a point slightly in front of visible light. In infrared photography, use of the R60 filter is required . At first , focus on your subject through the viewfinder by rotating the lens focusing ring @ without the filter in place. Then look at the lens and take note of the focused distance. Reset the focusing ring so that the desired distance is aligned with the red dot. Finally take pictures with the filter attached. »

[@MichaelAP8p]

Merci pour cette vidéo très intéressante (et chapeau pour le bon anglais). J'avais lu quelque part qu'avec ce type d'objectif il faudrait fermer le diaphragme seulement au dernier moment avant la prise de la photo. Est-ce le cas si on utilise un appareil avec live-view/live-preview (je pense à un Fuji mirrorless)? Ou est-ce que je n'ai pas compris la manière dont ça marche, en fait?

[@DidierMOULINPhotography]

Merci bcp pour votre message. Oui à la base ces objectifs sont faits pour travailler différemment : N’étant pas munis de commandes de diaph par le boîtier il fallait suivre tout un protocole Régler le boîtier en manuel (ouverture / vitesse / ISO) à diaph fermé à la valeur souhaitée Ouvrir pour faire la mise au point Fermer à nouveau pour déclencher Enfin je suppose que ça doit ressembler à ça. C’est pourquoi il y a une première bague qui définit l’ouverture souhaitée et une deuxième qui permet de s’y mettre d’une simple rotation. Mais avec un mirrorless c’est du live view permanent donc pas de soucis.

[@MichaelAP8p]

@@DidierMOULINPhotography ah, magnifique, merci pour l'explication détaillée et pour la réponse rassurante :)

[@markbrown1609]

Thats a good looking lens, I got the old 28mm f4 pre ai. I am over he in Lexington, KY sister city to Deauville, France.

[@DidierMOULINPhotography]

28 is better for architecture. I saw some on the second hand market recently. We have only 3 choice for PC lenses without electronic aperture: 28 35 and 85D Good journey in France

[@Choetaesun]

How do you attach Nikon shift lens to panasonic S-1? Adapter?

[@DidierMOULINPhotography]

yes I use an adapter Mine is the metabones version but any kind of F to L adapter will work.

[@GuayabitosLife]

How's the sharpness of the corners when using this lens normally. Merci

[@DidierMOULINPhotography]

Hi. Thanks for your question. I will check soon and give you my answer.

[@GuayabitosLife]

@@DidierMOULINPhotography Merci!

[@johnirby493]

It has no tilt operation. It is a shift lens.

[@DidierMOULINPhotography]

Yes sorry for the mistake which I corrected in the title .

[@panatela001]

This is a shift lens, not a tilt lens.

[@DidierMOULINPhotography]

Thank you so much Sorry for my mistake ! I changed the title of the video thanks to your input .

[@davadmillar1582]

You should really redo this video with the correct terminology. You could be confusing a lot of people by mixing up tilt and shift.

[@DidierMOULINPhotography]

I changed the name already. Maybe I should do it again. Or with another lens at least.