Canon TS-E 90mm f/2.8L MACRO

The Canon TS-E 90mm f/2.8 L Macro Lens is a new specialist lens from Canon, launched at the same time as two other TS-E Macro lenses, a 50mm and a 135mm. It is a replacement for the older 90mm f/2.8 TS-E lens, which was neither macro, nor "L".

Great Close-up Lens

This tilt-shift lens is a huge improvement over the previous model that I have been using for the past 7 years. It's sharper, has more contrast, and focuses much closer. I use this lens for 90% of my jewelry shots. Great product! And, the memory card was an added bonus.

Canon TS-E 90mm f/2.8 - Review / Lab Test Report

Shift lenses allow you to compensate perspective distortions (converging verticals) by shifting the optical path off its horizontal axis. By doing so the projected image (rectangle) on the film/sensor plane gets distorted to a trapezoid negating the original effect.

Canon TS-E 90mm f/2.8 Review

The Canon TS-E 90mm f/2.8 ($1,399 direct)($1,399.00 at Amazon) is one of those lenses that photographers often think about adding to their arsenal, but are reluctant to do so as it isn't an everyday optic. The lens allows for tilt and shift movements that were commonplace in large format film cameras of old, which often had a bellows system between the film holder and lens. This allowed photographers to carefully adjust the angle at which light captured by the lens hit the negative. But you needed a sturdy tripod—and film had to be loaded sheet-by-sheet into holders in total darkness. The move to small, portable cameras largely eliminated this movement capability, instead keeping the lens strictly parallel to the film plane. Specialized lenses with tilt and shift capability like the TS-E 90mm f/2.8 bring that ability back to a camera that you can carry in one hand—though you'll want probably still want to use a tripod. Shifting the lens up or down has practical applications in ar...

With shift and tilt capability, the Canon TS-E 90mm f/2.8 is a special-use lens, but one that is incredibly sharp and able to capture some unique images.

Extremely sharp; Tilt and shift capability; Lockable adjustments

Manual focus only