 This lens is an ultra-wide, Perspective Control (PC) lens featuring tilt of 8.5 degrees, 11.5mm shift and rotation capability of 90 degrees allowing complete perspective control. It is perfect for architectural and nature photography, and with 3 ED glass elements and Nano Crystal Coat it is amazingly sharp and flare resistant. Probably no new Nikon lens has generated more excitement than this one. But mastering a perspective control lens is not something that can be accomplished in an hour or two. If you don’t have experience with this type of lens, you’ll need a day or two with the manual to practice before tackling an important assignment. Roger’s Take: Its true that mastering a tilt-shift takes a lot of practice. I’m not sure how much yet. But doing useful things with one, especially a wide angle like the 24 can be accomplished with a little chimping and some common sense. (For those who don’t know what chimping is, its when you look at the shot in the camera’s LCD and go “ooh,oooh,oooh”). Using tilt to control depth of field (very useful on a 24mm for landscape shots, etc.) is simple and gives you those images where both the grass 5 feet away and the trees 100 yards away are in focus. Same thing for shooting a panorama: shoot: tilt: repeat. Using the shift function to alter perspective for architectural photos can be done by two methods. The first is the scientific method and involves lots of study and practice. The second is just play with the damn thing and chimp away until you get what you want. Sometimes you’ll nail it right away. Sometimes (like when I took a shot that made our three story building look like a pink Mayan step-pyramid) you’ll get something that will remind you why you don’t do drugs anymore. IMPORTANT NOTE Our associates at Diglloyd have pointed out an important point when using the Nikon PC-E lenses – the shift-lock knob MUST be locked down before focusing the shot: otherwise there is a bit of sag at the shift plate that will allow the lens to be out of alignment. Specs:
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