despite of ordinary glas material (no L-series) this lens has exceptional sharpness - but the best thing about it is the unsharpness! things out of focus get blured in a special way, not seen by any other lens - even if you stop down to f11!

this lens has no competitor

rotating front element; tiny shift & tilt knobs

This is a fascinating lens overall. Although the 90MM perspective limits its use for large architectural shots, it will render details well that cannot be reached without a ladder. Long street shots are beautiful with the lens, and although I haven't tried it yet, I see tabletop shots showing real...

Extremely well built; Sharp, unique perpective control features for a short telephoto lens

Lock knobs could be bigger

This is a fascinating lens overall. Although the 90MM perspective limits its use for large architectural shots, it will render details well that cannot be reached without a ladder.

Extremely well built; Sharp, unique perpective control features for a short telephoto lens

Lock knobs could be bigger

The Canon TS-E 90mm f/2.8 is one of the more unusual lenses in the Canon lens lineup - it is one of three tilt-shift ( TS ) lenses. Shift lenses allow you to compensate perspective distortions (converging verticals) by shifting the optical path off its horizontal axis.

Here's a few pics I've taken with it: http://automotomedia.net/showthread.php/82-Canon-90mm-TS-E-fun-for-taking-shots-of-cars-motorcycles! Rented a 45 and didn't like the image quality. This lense was considerably better and tack sharp when not tilted/shifted.

Light; Compact; SHARP

None for me

This lens , usually bought for product photography has recently become favoured for the special effect of exaggerated limited DOF (depth of field). i.e. you not only extend DOF considerably (effective DOF) you can go the other way and limit it for special effects ( like making people look like...

Consistent Output; Versatile

Difficult to Clean; No weather sealing; Slow Focus

The TSE 90mm is an excellent lens producing super sharp, clean images on my 5D Mark II. I use this for mostly architectural detail work, the lens is very well built and very small in size by compared today's newer lenses.

Superior build quality; Super-sharp images

Need a little practice before I control lens. But a real pleasure in Black and White portraits. Beautiful object.

The Canon TS-E 90mm f/2.8 ($1,399 direct) 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.

Extremely sharp; Tilt and shift capability; Lockable adjustments

Manual focus only

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