![]() ![]() The upward shift is commonly referred to as 'rise', whereas the downward shift is called 'fall'. In the following sub-sections we will try to explain these to those unfamiliar with the terminology.įirst and foremost, the lens can be shifted up or down by up to 11.5 millimetres. There are a number of movements made possible by this lens, whose purpose may or may not be clear to you. We have found that the one on the Nikon lens is a bit too close to the lens release button on the camera – watch out for this in order to avoid pushing the wrong button. Note that this lens has only one such tab, whereas its Canon counterpart has two, allowing for independent rotation for tilt and shift. ![]() The small release lock seen above has to be held down in order for you to be able to turn it. Holding down this release lock allows you to rotate the lensīesides shifting and tilting, the PC-E Nikkor 24mm f/3.5D also rotates 90° in each direction from its zero position. Autofocus is not available with this lens. Focusing is internal, meaning the length of the lens does not change, and the filter thread does not rotate on focus. The focus ring is wide and ribbed, and very smooth in action. The lens also has an engraved distance scale, with depth-of-field marks for f/8, f/16 and f/32. The lens has its own depth-of-field preview button, which stops it down to the working aperture. The ring is electronically coupled to the iris diaphragm, and is way too easy to spin, so you always need to double-check if it's in the intended position before taking a shot. Unlike most other recent lenses from Nikon, the PC-E Nikkor 24mm f/3.5D features an aperture ring. The lens comes with the HB-41 hood, which you can also see in the photo above. Our review copy has already seen a lot of apparently heavy use, as you can see from some of our product images, but worked flawlessly in the field. If you've never seen a tilt-shift lens before, it may even appear somewhat intimidating at first sight with its strange protrusions, knobs and locks. Still, it feels very robust and dense with metal and glass. The Nikon PC-E Nikkor 24mm f/3.5D is fairly big and heavy for a medium-speed wide-angle lens, but not for a tilt-shift lens - it's actually 60 grams lighter than Canon's comparable TS-E 24mm f/3.5 II. ![]() At nearly $2,000 the PC-E Nikkor 24mm f/3.5D is not a cheap option, so we were curious to find out how it performed at the tasks it will most often be used for. Tilt-shift lenses are specialised tools that allow some view camera movements to be replicated on an SLR camera, and are thus of great interest to architectural and landscape photographers. While the company was first to offer a shift lens for a 35mm system camera, its wide-angle PC (Perspective Control) lenses lacked a tilt functionality until this lens came along. The PC-E Nikkor 24mm f/3.5D ED is the first wide-angle tilt-shift lens from Nikon. ![]()
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