Initially I guessed and checked the exposure on the center shot and
locked it as you suggest, but then the sun was in another frame...
Mirrorless will have a measurable advantage both for the exposure and
for the focusing (provided they have focus peeking).
At the end I adapted the exposure according to the results.
Tilting is something I will explore better next time, this one I was
with friends and I always feel in a hurry if I'm with someone, so I
tried the easy parts.
But next time I want a warmer weather and a tripod.
Olaf
On 16/01/2016 00:26, Joachim Seibert wrote:
Thanks for the flowers, Olaf!
On DSLRs, T-S-lenses demand for the command on exposure, since one
cannot rely on the sensors for metering any longer. Anyone who followed
my class on manual exposure, should be able to use the lens according to
the rules.
For the many of you, who thought I was just telling rubbish, and
therefore could not be bothered to actually follow any of my classes,
here is a workaround: set the T-S lens to the most neutral position
possible… NOW your camera’s stupid light meter will actually catch
something. LOCK IT IN !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Having LOCKED IN you exposure, now modify shifts and tilt… and take the
shot.
Are T-S lenses hard to use? - NO!
When André says “serious business”, I guess he means “het your act
together and learn photography!”.
Sorry to say, but, the course is over and won’t be repeated.
Cheers,
Joachim
On 16 Jan 2016, at 00:12, André Meyer-Vitali <andre@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
<mailto:andre@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
Hi Olaf
Good that you tried it. It's a difficult lens to use, but more fun
instead ;-) And serious business, too.
It would be interesting to see how different people handle it. I'm
certainly willing to give it a try.
Cheers
André
On Fri, 15 Jan 2016 at 23:50 Olaf Marzocchi <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
<mailto:lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
Hello,
I had the opportunity to try the Samyang tilt-shift lens the club
acquired in December.
After the clear explanation by Joachim I thought I had everything in
control, but at the end, as he said, it's a difficult type of lens to
use. More practice will be required before I can master it decently.
Shooting panoramas is easy and can be done also handheld, without
issues
during the final merging. Since the vignetting and the distorsions are
continuous among the shots, the merge is flawless. The light
falloff can
be corrected in the merged result, if desired.
I tried to use the shift to shoot photos of high buildings and to
avoid
the perspective deformation, and it worked good enough (beside the
issues with focusing).
I also tried to use the tilt to correct the focus plane, but this
proven
difficult and I think I will take the lens again to try without hurry.
I confirmed that the "green dot" of my D7100 is not accurate when
using
the shift of the lens, next time I will need to use live view
only. When
the focus was correct however the lens was very sharp, you can
check the
panoramas below.
The exposure can be guessed with the usual simple rules and, after the
shot, corrected using the histogram if needed.
I put few example of photos in a shared folder.
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/bhhphgqpndz6bqt/AAAEcEg89zb-Hg8tJUty1v6ba?dl=0
Cheers,
Olaf
