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Tilt Shift vs Photoshop

Started Sep 1, 2020 | Discussions thread
Steve Balcombe Forum Pro • Posts: 15,582
Re: Tilt Shift vs Photoshop

TS-E lenses have two advantages - staggering image quality and (as you mentioned) the ability to fully compose in the viewfinder. If you had taken the 16-35 shot in similar light to the 17 TS-E, and corrected it 'correctly', the difference could have been very small, such that it would be virtually unnoticeable in a downsampled image.

Another option would to use the EF 11-24, keeping the camera level, and zooming out as far as necessary to fit in the top of the desired frame. Then crop the image to get the final framing. With no Photoshop manipulation other than the crop, this should be identical to the TS-E image except for the lower pixel count - which may or may not be an issue. This is a useful technique if the 11-24 is a better fit to your broader needs, or if you already have one and don't want to further invest in a TS-E lens. Also it can be used to create certain images in a single frame which would necessitate stitching multiple images from the shift lens.

But if you need the tilt function, nothing replaces that.

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