If one is trying to correct the perspective in a limited space and the 28mm is not wide enough, then the lens is a little restricted. If you have the space to use 28mm, then the shift enables one to get an image. The alternatives are to use a conventional 28mm and correct the converging verticals in PP (something I have found very hard to do convincingly without messing up the ratio of height to width of windows and doorways although I know it is possible) or to use an ultra-wide and throw away half of the image. The latter route has the problem of the "stretching" effect one gets at the edges of ultrawide lenses.

Ideally, one would use the 28mm on "full frame" (which was my intention when I borrowed it, i.e., my LX with its grid-marked focus screen fitted), and/or have an 18mm shift (or tilt-shift ) lens.

Either way, the 28mm shift may not be as useful on APS-C as it was on 135mm, but in a huge building like a cathedral it still can be used effectively.

Had I been able to use a tripod, the image above would undoubtedly been improved by stopping the lens down a bit. Hand-holding it wide open isn't the best way to test any lens, let alone this one!

K.

I chose the 43mm simply because I shoot film as well as digital and therefore need "full frame" coverage and an aperture ring.

K.

Are you focusing wide open or stopped down? If you are trying to focus with the aperture closed down it won't beep etc. as there isn't enough light for the focus confirmation to work.

K.

The other day I decided to try Tim's walk-past style of street photography. I saw a woman all dressed in white with a white dog. I was hopeful of a great image.

Lady in white



As the old joke says, I had two hopes, No Hope and Bob Hope. In fact, the following shot is the only image where I managed to get the people in the photograph!

Happy Couple



Back to the drawing board! Hat off to Tim, this shooting from the hip lark isn't easy! I did, however, have a wider lens which allowed me to finally take this shot:

Going up market?



The bus stop did, however, give me what I think was my best shot of the day, although that isn't saying very much!

Number 10



Hope these at least made you smile!

K.

Nope, light is as seen...

Lovely set but No. 1 is outstanding IMHO.

K.

I borrowed a 28mm shift lens for the weekend. Having been told that it wasn't any use on digital (due to the crop factor) I was pleasantly surprised that it worked rather well. Not really advisable to hand hold a shift lens, but needs must and all that.

Ely Cathedral



K.

The chimp on a pole is the stand-out shot for me, great stuff.

K.

I still use my ME Super and my original 50mm f/2 lens... Many of my best shots are taken with a SMC Pentax-M 100mm f/2.8 lens which is from the same era as the ME Super. I don't know how much it cost as it was in a bundle of kit when I bought it. My longest lens is a K series, even older than the ME Super, as is my widest lens.

Most of my "most popular" images on Flickr were taken with a Russian Lubitel 2 TLR which was free, has no light meter, relies on a Judas window for winding on, and the focusing is pretty much guesswork.

Why not treat your K10D as an ME Super? Set the film speed to 100 or 400, use Av mode, set the metering to centre weighted, manually focus... Just because the K10D has all sorts of bells and whistles it doesn't mean you have to use them.

K.

Personally I really like the first image even if it is another flower and isn't in monochrome...

K.