do you have a polarizer for your 17mm TS-E, it would be very interesting! Normally polarizers on super wide angle lenses show a strange effect on the sky, as the angle to the sun is so different from one side to the other.
For video - no, I actually would NOT recommend this lens. The shift feature would be cumbersome to use while recording, so I think you'd be overpaying for a feature you'd rarely ever use. I WOULD however highly recommend the 12 mm f/2.8 by Laowa for video.
@@MatthewAPhoto Thanks Matthew. Sorry, but I think I didn't pose the question correctly...If purchased for real estate stills as its primary use, could it also double as a decent video lens (with no intent of using the shift feature for that) ?
Matthew: Interesting review on using the Laowa’s 15mm *Shift-ONLY* lens. Though pricey, I would still purchase Canon T/S lenses; their tilting capabilities can also be used for creative still & portrait assignments. Canon T/S lenses would likely have better resale value than Laowa. Laowa’s protruding lens bubble concerns me. I like your creatively-designed video watermark *“MA” logo!* However, it should include your first & last names in small font directly below the logo, so viewers can quickly make the connection. You should also include an *“SM”* after the “A” letter in small font to *reinforce* your common-law trademark (re: photography services). Even better, explore registering your logo with the USPTO to better protect it (nation-wide) from competing photographers/creatives who are using an MA mark that is either identical to or confusingly similar to your specific logo design.
What a refreshingly practical, realistic, pragmatic review. No arrogant big-noting, just an honest review for real people. Nice work. I’ve subscribed.
One more pro: it rotates 360 which is fantastic for shifting diagonally
I just got this lens for less than 500 dollars. I am most definitely buying it. Thank you
Put me through with that source
No screw on polarizers... I'm out. Bummer. Cuz I do need a wide angle shifter. Canon it is. Thanks for the vid!
do you have a polarizer for your 17mm TS-E, it would be very interesting!
Normally polarizers on super wide angle lenses show a strange effect on the sky, as the angle to the sun is so different from one side to the other.
Great Review wishes to see the video you use this lens for interior photography.
Do you find it hard to get good focus on this thing? I have this lens and HAAATE it. I find it’s always soft and almost always out of focus.
Nice review. To the point. !
2mm shorter, often matters!
Great review Matthew! Would you feel comfortable also using this as a real estate video lens?
For video - no, I actually would NOT recommend this lens. The shift feature would be cumbersome to use while recording, so I think you'd be overpaying for a feature you'd rarely ever use. I WOULD however highly recommend the 12 mm f/2.8 by Laowa for video.
@@MatthewAPhoto Thanks Matthew. Sorry, but I think I didn't pose the question correctly...If purchased for real estate stills as its primary use, could it also double as a decent video lens (with no intent of using the shift feature for that) ?
@@rodfiori1968 In that case, yes...most definitely!
15mm crop sensor on Sony, full frame would be 11mm. That's too wide for architecture, no? Good for real estate
It’s 15mm on a full frame camera. Roughly 22mm on a crop sensor
it is 11mm on a Fuji GFX compared to Fullframe. And there is a version for GFX of this lens.
how does it work on canon 5dsr
I have no idea. I've only used it on my Sony camera
@@MatthewAPhoto thank you
Why should it be different on 5dsr?
Matthew: Interesting review on using the Laowa’s 15mm *Shift-ONLY* lens. Though pricey, I would still purchase Canon T/S lenses; their tilting capabilities can also be used for creative still & portrait assignments. Canon T/S lenses would likely have better resale value than Laowa. Laowa’s protruding lens bubble concerns me.
I like your creatively-designed video watermark *“MA” logo!* However, it should include your first & last names in small font directly below the logo, so viewers can quickly make the connection.
You should also include an *“SM”* after the “A” letter in small font to *reinforce* your common-law trademark (re: photography services). Even better, explore registering your logo with the USPTO to better protect it (nation-wide) from competing photographers/creatives who are using an MA mark that is either identical to or confusingly similar to your specific logo design.