Re: Best Tilit-Shift Lens for Interior Shots?

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Re: Best Tilit-Shift Lens for Interior Shots?

I hear that the wide angle Tilt Shift lenses don't perform as well in-doors. Is that true? I would think that in theory the wide angles are better for capturing the interior space (assuming you don't need close-up shots of anything in particular) and being a Tilt Shift, you can then make the interior look miniature? But this is not the case?
 
Well... the tilt-shift wasn't really designed to make things look miniature. They decent from a line of technical cameras, many which are still in use today. I fx use a Sinar camera every day for product shots. In regards to interiors they were designed to avoid converging lines and present a more "truthful" image of the room / building.

Why they don't perform well in-doors? I don't know... and I haven't tried one with video yet. You should rent one and find out....
 
You can certainly get your brain to assume its miniature. The miniature effect can be achieved in an interior wide because its an optical illusion relating to how our brains works. Having a lens that puts the out of focus area where it would not normally be is basically why this effect happens.
 
You achieve the miniature effect by making the subject/objects in the scene appear small. e.g. cars, people, buildings. The effect works because your brain associates the cars in the scene as toy cars. So unless you're talking about a huge interior spaces like an airport, mall, etc, where you have nice object/subjects, it would be hard to pull off the effect.
 
Trust me you don't need a huge interior. Check the web theres tons of pics.

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I have seen some good interior tilt/**** examples but not very common. I guess you can force the effect on any scene to a certain degree. But in the above example photo, it looks like the table/chair set is an actual miniature. Otherwise, it's not a very good camera position or scene for the effect.
 
I think it depends on the exact look you're going for. Personally, I'd look at the Lensbaby Tilt Transformer paired with the Nikon 35mm f1.4 AIS, or the 24mm f2 and 55mm Micro-Nikkor.
 
The weird thing about that shot is that the table is not full size but some kind of children's table. So it's not the best example of how tilt shift can work in a small space...
 
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