No, not the end of tilt/shift lenses. Canon patents and new designs

What new feature may appear in the way of lenses and cameras for using tilt and shift. New designs expand the range of design options, but probably don't suggest it's time to retire your Canon TS-E and Nikon PC-E lenses

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The patents referred to in the videos
Japanese Patent
US Patents

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[JoeTourist]

Thanks for following up on my lead, Keith. Your demonstrations helped me understand of what tilt and shift gives us, and what future possibilities might appear on the market some day.

[migranthawker]

Thanks for the info. I was especially interested in your book, which I've ordered!

[tonyjeffrey]

The Mamiya Press had a tilting back. I used this camera in the 80s.I even had the 250mm f5 which was a beast. I rarely used the tilting back as it was too clunky in operation.

[Fujik]

When I was a small child in the 1970s, I was worried about the question - How does he divide my image into 6 ID cards? The photographer was moving something on his large-format wooden camera. I thought it was dividing me into 6 images. How funny it is to remember today.

[YrjoPuska]

Maybe the idea is to tilt the plane of focus fast, then merge it using AI to get an image that is taken with long lens and fast aperture, but still has very deep depth of field. I bet that would be handy with security cameras, and also could allow changing the focus point from the RAW image data and selecting what ever depth of field in post editing. Or maybe tell it what depth of field you want, without changing aperture. That sort of system also might not require similar focusing system or it being as accurate than normal cameras. Could be handy for all sorts of stuff, not just photos but also video. Or maybe i just didnt understand the whole thing properly.

[longthepianist]

isn it tilting the front standard (lens) changes the focus plane; tilting the back standard (film or sensor) changes the perspective?

[jessekoskinen]

The sports photography applications got me interested. Just earlier today I was photographing the Finnish Cross Country Running Championships. The possibilities of such lenses/sensors get me hopeful we might someday see a product like that.

[GeraldDonovan]

Super video - thanks!

People on the street coming up to you asking to explain what you're doing with that view camera is akin to one of my favourite scenes from one my all time favourite movies ;)