Whereas mirrorless manufacturers have been steadily churning out customary lenses, some specialty optics are more durable to search out – like tilt-shift lenses. However shooters utilizing APS-C or Micro 4 Thirds cameras have a brand new possibility to select from: TTArtisan has simply unveiled the Tilt 35mm f/1.4 lens.
The TTArtisan Tilt 35mm f/1.4 allows creators to play with inventive slices of focus. Tilt lenses are standard for making real-life scenes seem like miniatures, whereas the power to tilt the aircraft of focus may also be used to maintain slanted objects in focus or, alternatively, so as to add a slim slice of focus to a portrait.
(Tilt-shift lenses enable for a slice of focus and perspective management, however the TTArtisan Tilt 35mm seems to be a purely tilt possibility with out the vertical shift for perspective management.)
The TTArtisan Tilt 35mm f/1.4 can tilt in both route, whereas the rotating base provides creators extra flexibility in the place that slice of focus is located within the body. With the lens fastened in a straight place, the optic capabilities like a typical 35mm prime lens – albeit with handbook focus solely.
Whereas mirrorless photographers are regularly getting access to extra specialty lenses like tilting optics, the TTArtisan Tilt 35 creates a multi-mount possibility at a lower cost level. The APS-C lens is out there in Canon RF, Fujifilm X, Nikon Z, Sony E and Micro 4 Thirds mounts.
The TTArtisan Tilt 35mm f/1.4 is designed with a full metallic physique. Inside, the optics are designed with 7 components in 6 teams, together with an 11-blade aperture. The lens weighs round 12 oz / 350g, with slight variations relying on the mount.
The lean-shift lens is handbook focus solely, however is able to specializing in objects as shut as 13.8 inches / 0.35m from the entrance of the lens.
The TTArisan Tilt APS-C 35mm f/1.4 lens retails for $169 on Amazon, which is about £127 / AU$263. That falls beneath the price of the model’s earlier full-frame 50mm tilt shift lens, which sits at $229 / $229 / AU$349.
We gave that lens 4 stars in our TTArisan Tilt 50mm f/1.4 evaluate, for worth and aperture, however knocked off some factors for mediocre sharpness and coloured fringing.
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