You’ll want to use this same technique when photographing buildings as well.įor example, an image was taken with no tilt-shift effect and has a lot of distracting clutter in both foreground and background, whereas, in the other image there are only buildings that are clear and easy for our eyes to see.Ī tilt-shift lens is a special type of camera lens that can be used to change the depth of field. Tilt-shift lenses can be used for creative effect by blurring or moving objects in an image outside the plane of focus, simulating depth of field even when shooting at large apertures. They typically have a small range of movement, usually only being able to tilt up or down and shift left and right. Tilt-shift lenses are a type of lens that allows the photographer or filmmaker to control the plane of focus. Not so great for small cameras due to severe vignetting when close focusing. Good for landscape photos though.TILT SHIFT LENS What Is a Tilt Shift Lens?
Designed to work like the front tilt on large format cameras. 20 degrees adapter made to be used with the Summicron only to allow for close focusing. 40 degrees adapter for very close focus range (within a few inches). Same adapter as seen above but with a different lens attached. Designed and made to emulate the effects of rear tilt on a large format camera (the effects are negligible on small 35 mm cameras) (Not recommend for anyone). A medium format lens (60 mm f3.5) was used as a larger image circle was needed for 20 degrees tilt. 30, 40, and 20 degrees adapters were combined to a total of 90 degrees, not designed for picture taking. Three adapters were combined to achieve a combined 85 degrees. Here are just some of the custom tilt-shift lenses that Jin has created: Other than learning about basic optics from a high school, I also learned about advanced optics in the USAF (mainly for targeting purposes). It was a fun course and gave me the confidence to play with light. The biggest challenge was maintaining the “flange focal distance” of each camera and lenses. Some are very complicated but have very similar results. How did you go about creating them?Įach adapter I made have different effects. Phoblographer: Each of your tilt-shift lenses looks strikingly unique. Same coins, taken using a 55mm lens paired with a 40 degrees adapter. Same coins, taken using a 28mm lens paired with a 40 degrees adapter. Same coins, taken using a 55mm lens paired with a 20 degrees adapter. Coins, taken using a 28mm lens paired with a 20 degrees adapter. Comb, taken using a 28mm lens paired with a 20 degrees adapter. Same flowers, taken using a Summicron lens paired with a 20 degrees adapter. Flowers, taken using a 55mm lens paired with a 20 degrees adapter. Some flowers are simply photogenic and some have geometric patterns for tilt angle. I’m constantly looking for the flower that can be seen differently rather than from a straight-on angle. What qualities about these subjects interests you?įortunately, my wife’s garden has plenty of flowers waiting for me 24/7, rain or shine. Flowers (along with some macro detail work) are very much the focus of the work you’ve shared on Flickr. Phoblographer: The subjects that we photograph are very much a part of our photographic identity. Jin was kind enough to share the stories behind his custom made lenses with us.Įditor’s Note: We have made our best efforts to transcribe this interview for the sake of clarity. To tackle this challenge, Jin Kim came up with some interesting DIY solutions. The same principle can also be applied in reverse to magnify the depth of field, but commercially available lenses and adapters don’t cater to this kind of tilt-shifting. 
This has resulted in some photographers opting to simulate the effect during post-production using programs like Photoshop instead. Specially designed tilt-shift lenses or adapters are required to achieve this effect practically in-camera, but they can be costly and challenging to use. Real world objects often take on a toy like appearance in resulting tilt-shift images. Tilt-shift photography is a popular genre of photography that involves manipulating depth of field and perspective.
It turns out they are tilt shift lenses that the Redditor’s father, photographer Jin Kim, had custom made.
Our attention was piqued and we had to learn more. When we first laid eyes on this custom made tilt shift lens on Reddit, we thought it was a prop from a science fiction movie. Last Updated on by Mark Beckenbach All images by Jin Kim, used with permission.
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