CANON TS-E 90 tilt demo

A quick test to show the effect of a tilted focal plane.
Focus point is the Eagle logo on the headstock of the guitar.
The camera was about 4 feet from the headstock.

 

f/2.8, lens not tilted

The normal DoF that you
get with any lens at f/2.8.
 

 

f/2.8, tilted for minimum DoF

Only a small part of the
headstock is in focus here.
 

 

f/2.8, tilted for maximum DoF

Quite a lot of the guitar
is in focus despite the
large aperture.

Nice 3D effect due to the
out-of-focus background.
 

 

f/20, lens not tilted

Just to show that even f/20
is not enough to bring the
whole guitar into focus.
Not much better than the
photo at f/2.8 tilted.

Note also the background
under the guitar and compare 
the look to both the
previous and the next photo.
 

 

f/8, tilted for maximum DoF.

Note how the whole guitar
is sharp and how the
headstock stands out
better over the more OOF
background compared to
the f/20 shot.
 
©2006 Anders Östberg