Canon 90mm TS-E For Macro

Harold Gough · Post by **Harold Gough** » Wed Dec 17, 2008 8:29 am

Some discussion here:

http://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/topic/717957

Harold

mgoodm3 · Post by **mgoodm3** » Wed Dec 17, 2008 8:40 am

I use the Nikon 85 PC micro on a daily basis for close-up work. Great lens although it only focuses to 1:2 (better than the Canon which is ~1:3.5). If you want to image something that is at an angle there is no substitute. The amount of tilt tends to be limited (+/- 8 deg) and the range of angles you can tilt the focus plane will decrease as the mag increases.

I have become less of a fan of extension tubes for adding a small amount of mag, that is, if you have an alternative. I found a 77mm Canon 500D which gives a little extra magnification without the aperture loss (and less associated image quality loss) of the tube.

You can get the same effect by asing a tilt and shift bellows (Nikon PB-4).

rovebeetle · Post by **rovebeetle** » Wed Dec 17, 2008 2:43 pm

mgoodm3 wrote:I use the Nikon 85 PC micro on a daily basis for close-up work. Great lens although it only focuses to 1:2 (better than the Canon which is ~1:3.5). If you want to image something that is at an angle there is no substitute. The amount of tilt tends to be limited (+/- 8 deg) and the range of angles you can tilt the focus plane will decrease as the mag increases.

I have become less of a fan of extension tubes for adding a small amount of mag, that is, if you have an alternative. I found a 77mm Canon 500D which gives a little extra magnification without the aperture loss (and less associated image quality loss) of the tube.

You can get the same effect by asing a tilt and shift bellows (Nikon PB-4).

Same here - I use it quite often for macro work, also with the 500D which is an excellent combination.

Cheers