Regardless of the camera format being used, the 135mm focal length (like most others), can be used for landscape photography, creating a moderately compressed view of the world around us. I'll also argue that there are no subjects more important than people. Helping to justify the acquisition cost of this lens is that portrait photography is one of the best revenue-producing genres out there (you cannot buy stock photos of most people). all are great uses for the 135mm focal length. Think engagements, weddings, parties, events, theater, stage, families, senior adults, fashion, documentary, lifestyle. Portrait subjects can range from infants to seniors and from individuals to groups (small ones in this case). The "portrait photography" designation is a broad one that covers a wide variety of potential still and video subject framing and a wide variety of potential venues (from indoors to outdoors).
#Canon ts e 17mm full
With adequate working distance available, this lens will create beautiful full body portraits and even tight head shot framing will retain a nice perspective even with a full frame camera. The longer working distance changes perspective toward a more-compressed look and the longer working distance required by APS-C cameras will create more depth of field with a less-strongly blurred background showing in same-aperture comparisons. The classic portrait focal length range is from 85mm through 135mm (including FOVCF).Ī 135mm focal length is obviously at the top of the classic range and, with a 216mm full frame angle of view equivalent seen by an APS-C 1.6x body, this lens will need adequate working space or tight subject framing for portrait use.Įven on a full frame camera, the 135mm focal length invites tight head shot framing and plenty of working space for less-tightly-framed portraits. Still, these two lenses are useful for many of the same tasks.Įspecially on a full frame camera, one of the standout uses for 135mm is portrait photography. While the 135 L is a great lens, it is very different than this one. When the 1987-era Canon EF 135mm f/2.8 with Softfocus Lens was discontinued, Canon had one 135mm prime lens remaining available, the Canon EF 135mm f/2L USM Lens. The first priority in selecting one of Canon's tilt-shift lenses is determining which focal length is best.Ĭanon now has five excellent L-series options in their TS-E line-up, starting at 17mm and ranging up to this one at 135mm. Still, there are many great reasons for this lens to live alongside the AF lenses in your kit.
#Canon ts e 17mm manual
This lens' primary downside is its lack of autofocus.Īs of review time, all tilt-shift lenses are manual focus-only, so if AF is required for your 135mm application, one of these lenses is not for you. While this lens qualifies for the "Specialty Lens" designation, it can be used for the same purposes as a 135mm prime lens. This is the only tilt-shift DSLR lens longer than 90mm available at review time. Unlike those other two lenses, the TS-E 135 had no predecessor and breaks new ground. Those replacements are the TS-E 50mm f/2.8L and the TS-E 90mm f/2.8L. nearly 9 years passed before that happened. Most of us expected the TS-E 45mm f/2.8 and TS-E 90mm f/2.8 replacements to soon follow, but.
These two similarly-featured lenses were simultaneously announced along with the also-similar Canon TS-E 50mm f/2.8L Tilt-Shift Macro Lens.īecause of their similarities, the reviews for all three of these lenses are going to be also-similar.īack in 1991, Canon rolled out three TS-E lenses, bringing tilt and shift movement capabilities to the EOS camera lineup, features that previously required medium or large format cameras to obtain.Ībout 18 years later, on February 17, 2009, Canon announced the TS-E 17mm f/4L and the TS-E 24mm f/3.5L II, replacing the first TS-E 24 f/3.5L and adding the 17mm option to the lineup. I said something similar in the beginning of the Canon TS-E 90mm f/2.8L Tilt-Shift Macro Lens review. With macro focusing and tilt, shift and rotate features, this lens can produce incredible and highly-differentiating results. The Canon TS-E 135mm f/4L Tilt-Shift Macro Lens is a superbly built lens that delivers outstanding image quality. Note: The Canon TS-E 135mm f/4L Tilt-Shift Macro Lens has been replaced by the Canon RF 135mm F1.8 L IS USM Lens.
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