Tilt-Shift lens Introduction

Photographers know Tilt-Shift lens or Perspective-Control lens are expensive, and the best part is everything needs to be manual operated. You have to tilt and shift the camera movements, to align and correct the perspective, and of course you have to slowly and maually set the focus. Isn't all these troublesome and not in sync with today's digital camera?

Today's digital camera, DSLR camera, Mirrorless camera, Bridge camera are designed to be simple-to-use and most importantly AUTOmatic. Consumers nowadays want both quality and convenience packed into a single simple-to-consume product. 

Are consumers are getting impatient and demanding nowadays?

Back to our subject, is there demand for Tilt-Shift lens? Who are the people who buys them and what selections can consumers expect?

Let us get back into reality. Very often, if want real high quality images, you have to put in more than a tiny bit of effort. And that tiny weeny bit of effort is not just pressing that shutter. Even a trained chimpanzee knows how to press that shutter, but what makes us different from these chimpanzees?

Your imagination, your perseverance and your passion. Tilt-Shift lens are prime lens designed to be fast and fully manual. They give photographers the luxury to fine-tune and control how the images turn out.

Only serious photographers know and want to have their camera set 'manual'. They want the flexibilty to correct the subject alignment, control the depth of field.

You can't control barrel distortion with wide angle lens, but with Tilt-Shift lens you can.

So are Tilt-Shift lens worth the money and trouble? It depends which side of the fence you are on.

An interesting Fake Tilt-Shift Software Tutorial, enjoy.