Photography Digest

 PMA 2009 was a show incredibly light on well-known opinions, but one of the most officially exciting upgrades may well have decreased unique of many fan camcorders lovers. Concept offered two new viewpoint management relationships to its TS-E ('Tilt and Move for EOS') extensive variety, through the TS-E 24mm F3.5 L II and the TS-E 17mm F4L. But while the latter quite normally got the concentrate as the widest-angle viewpoint management optic ever made for an SLR system, both function a considerable enhancement over existing well-known styles.

What is usually awesome about these two relationships is that both allow, for initially (at least for wideangle primary activities developed particularly for DSLRs), individual spinning of the aspect and shift axes comparative to the electronic digital digital camera and to each other. (Hartblei's 'Super Rotator' styles accomplish identical activities, but using a longer period primary duration optics initially developed for strategy framework electronic cameras.) Formerly the aspect axis was set as conventional at 90� to the shift axis, and the relationships could be customized to set them both in the same axis if the individual suggested. This limitation has now been removed, making the relationships activities, and therefore awesome alternatives, much more versatile. The aspect and shift procedure goes +/-90�, enabling change in any direction, and moreover the aspect procedure individually goes +/-90�, enabling aspect in any direction comparative to the shift. This performance allows camcorders lovers to enhance stage of place in their pictures without preventing down as far as they would otherwise need - essential when looking for to press every last pixel of details from the newest 20+ Mp DSLRs while preventing the bad results of diffraction.

Canon has also gone to city on the the visual styles, such as the use of high-precision aspherical front aspect part aspect components to keep disruptions to a tiniest, and several UD components to decrease chromatic aberration. In the scenario of the TSE 24mm F3.5 L II, what this implies is a significantly more complicated system than its forerunner - 16 components in 11 categories, as in contrast to 11 components in 9 categories of the mature design. According to Concept the useful picture group is also much bigger - 67.2mm in contrast to 58.6mm - which in concept allows an enhanced extensive variety of activities without vignetting. The relationships also uses the organization's new 'Sub-Wavelength Structure Coating', which is developed to decrease dimension and analyze significantly in relationships that contain large curve-radius components - such as wideangles. Also involved is the currently-fashionable round aperture diaphragm, developed to provide an eye-catching edition to out-of-focus locations of the picture.

The price for all these upgrades is, however, quite awesome. The 'II' edition buys a $1000 top fantastic over the mature relationships on its release, which indicates it costs very nearly as much as an EOS 5D Level II human body. There will probably be more than a few entrepreneurs of the unique relationships considering whether it's value the update, and whether the new optics and versatility of activities offer adequate objective to crack out the bank credit cards. Let's see what we can find out.

Headline features

• 24mm focal length; F3.5 maximum aperture
• � 8.5� Tilt and �12mm Shift
• Independent rotation of tilt and shift movements (through 90� and 180� respectively)

Angle of view

The pictures below illustrate the angles of view on 35mm full frame and APS-C camera bodies:

24mm (35mm full-frame)	24mm (APS-C; 38mm equivalent)

Canon TS-E 24mm F3.5 L II specifications

Street Price	� $2200 � �1900
Date introduced	May 2009
Maximum format size	35mm full frame
Focal length	24mm
35mm equivalent focal length (APS-C)	38mm
Diagonal Angle of view (FF)	84�
Diagonal Angle of view (APS-C)	60�
Maximum aperture	F3.5
Minimum aperture	F22
Lens Construction	� 16 elements / 11 groups � Aspherical elements � 3 UD glass elements
Number of diaphragm blades	8, rounded
Minimum focus	0.21m (8.3")
Maximum magnification	0.34x
AF motor type	Manual focus only
Focus method	Internal (rear) focus
Image stabilization	None
Filter thread	� 82mm � Does not rotate on focus
Supplied accessories	Front and rear caps, hood
Weight	790g (28 oz)
Dimensions	89mm diameter x 106mm length (3.5 x 4.2 in)
Lens Mount	Canon EF only

* Supplied accessories may differ in each country or area

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