A parade of tilt–shifts
I happen to own at this time 3 tilt–shift Nikkors and I thought it would be fun to parade them.
On the left is the 24mm f/3.5 which I have owned for many years, and which is now for sale. In the middle is the 19mm f/4 that has become my workhorse for architecture and old stones photography. And on he right is the 85mm f/2.8 which I have just acquired for tabletop and product photography, where it is sometimes more interesting to use the capabilities of a tilt–shift lens than to stack focus with a normal lens (the processing of the stack doesn’t always gone without hitches!).
Strobist and technical: One Phottix Pro Indra500 monolight on a Manfrotto cantileverd giraffe light stand in zenithal position (angled towards camera), 1.3 meters above subject, firing at ¼ power through a Luxlight 30 × 140–cm strip box with double diffuser; and another Indra500 studio strobe on a Profoto light stand in Rembrandt position to camera left, 1.5 meters from subject and 1 meter above it, firing at ¼ power through a 110–cm Luna octabox with double diffuser. White card reflector to camera right.
Strobes set and triggered via Phottix Pro Odin II radio controller on the Nikon Z7 hotshoe, manual mode. Sekonic L–858D light meter used to balance light sources. Gitzo GR3543XLS tripod with Arca–Swiss Cube C1 geared head. Nikon Z7 camera body, Micro–Nikkor 105mm f/2.8 macro lens with FTZ adapter.
A parade of tilt–shifts
I happen to own at this time 3 tilt–shift Nikkors and I thought it would be fun to parade them.
On the left is the 24mm f/3.5 which I have owned for many years, and which is now for sale. In the middle is the 19mm f/4 that has become my workhorse for architecture and old stones photography. And on he right is the 85mm f/2.8 which I have just acquired for tabletop and product photography, where it is sometimes more interesting to use the capabilities of a tilt–shift lens than to stack focus with a normal lens (the processing of the stack doesn’t always gone without hitches!).
Strobist and technical: One Phottix Pro Indra500 monolight on a Manfrotto cantileverd giraffe light stand in zenithal position (angled towards camera), 1.3 meters above subject, firing at ¼ power through a Luxlight 30 × 140–cm strip box with double diffuser; and another Indra500 studio strobe on a Profoto light stand in Rembrandt position to camera left, 1.5 meters from subject and 1 meter above it, firing at ¼ power through a 110–cm Luna octabox with double diffuser. White card reflector to camera right.
Strobes set and triggered via Phottix Pro Odin II radio controller on the Nikon Z7 hotshoe, manual mode. Sekonic L–858D light meter used to balance light sources. Gitzo GR3543XLS tripod with Arca–Swiss Cube C1 geared head. Nikon Z7 camera body, Micro–Nikkor 105mm f/2.8 macro lens with FTZ adapter.