I bought this lens to take advantage of the ability to alter the depth of field for landscape with tilt and create seamless panoramas. I was skeptical this lens would have enough resolution to keep up with both my 5D MK II and 7D but those concerns were quickly put to rest. This lens is -sharp- on both cameras with just a very small touch of chromatic aberation in really glarey conditions on the 7D. So, on the 5D MK II I have a 45mm lens while on the 7D I have the equivalent of a 72mm lens. I guess that means I bought 2 $650 lenses ;) On my eye level tripod if I just level the camera and dial in a little under 2 degrees of tilt the focal plane runs parallel to the ground which makes getting the depth of field one wants for landscape a snap. Just keep in mind the DoF runs in a vertical wedge with the narrow end at your feet to watch for DoF in the vertical direction. Live View with depth of field preview and 100% zoom is your friend for checking critical sharpness. Only caveat is I would NOT recommend this lens if your camera doesn't have live view. Live view really is essential for working with this lens in my opinion.

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Sharpness and versatility.

Could be built a little better.

I must admit this lens did suprise me a lot. Ostensibly is it versatile, but the main feature reallyis it's sharpness. Without question it satisfied all of my field photography yearnings, but it also came through perfectly with contrast and color saturation for portraits. For those of you who have ditched your film cameras like an old flame, try to use this for one last hurrah at slide photography, you'll be happy you did. One of Canon's best!

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Sharpness, versatility.

Weight, price.

I've only used this lens for a couple of weeks now, but I'm greatly impressed with its versatility and quality of built and design. Sharpness is better than any other lens I own or have owned (I used to shoot with various Nikon film cameras before going ditigal with the 10D) This may well become my favorite lens in a hurry, as it works well even hand-held as a portrait and still life lens. When using the tilt and/or shift, this lens shows it's real strengths. Landscapes suddenly gain the kind of depth of field I've never thought possible with anything but a view camera. I also find myself using this lens for panorama shots, shifting all the way left and then all the way right and stitching the two photos together. I may have to go out and buy another to have the mechanisms made paralel on. Greeat lens.

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Sharpness is excellent. Build quality is excellent. DOF scale is okay - not as usefull as 24mm-TS. No distortion at all.

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Over the years I have purchased the EF-24mm TS, EF-45mm TS, and the EF-90mm TS. With this lens, I tend to use Shift & Tilt equally; on the 24mm TS, I most frequently use Shift; on the EF-90mm TS, I most frequently Tilt. The 45mm-TS is noticably sharper than the 24mm-TS and I notice no distortion here at all. This lens is an excellent lens in all categories. The 90mm-TS is only 'slightly' sharper than this lens.

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Very versatile. Generous tilt and shift movements make architecture and landscape a pleasure to photograph. Sharpness is excellent even fully shifted with slight softening evident only in the corners at maximum shift. Distortion is very well controlled with just a hint of barrel distortion at the very edge of the frame fully shifted.This is only apparent when you go looking for it. There is some light fall off at the edges fully shifted with the aperture wide open but from f8 this is not a problem.

I don't notice any weaknesses, however this is quite a large, heavy, expensive lens which requires some experience to use properly. The locking and tilt / shift control knobs are a little bit too small for comfort but they operate perfectly well. There is a little free play in the focussing movement and the image in the viewfinder moves slightly when the focus ring is turned back and forth. This is mildly disconcerting but appears to have no detrimental effect on image quality. No auto focus, of course. Well you can't have everything.

The TS-E 45 mm is one of Canon's most versatile lenses but it seems few people know about it. Examination of its structure and function show considerable optical and mechanical ingenuity has gone into the design. Without tilt or shift it is a good general purpose lens with a normal angle of view and excellent sharpness. With tilt and shift a suitable EOS body turns into a mini view camera. It is perfect for landscape and architecture. Have your local Canon service centre make the tilt and shift axes parallel, then you can use both together for landscapes. Best used with an EOS 1V, 1N or 3.These cameras enable much more accurate manual focus than is possible with the less expensive models, plus you get a 100% viewfinder ( or almost 100% in the EOS 3) and the ability to fit the EC-D focussing screen with grid which is useful for architecture. The lens is a lot of fun to use and makes easy compositions which would be impossible with ordinary lenses. You can even use the shifted and / or tilted lens hand held at a pinch. Don't try that with a 4x5 view camera.

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There is not much similar out there, but Canon's TSE lenses give view camera versatility without the pain of using large format.

The highest quality construction
Great optics

Expensive

Quite possibly this would be the one lens I would leave on my camera if I could only have one lens. It is a great focal length and that combined with its tilting and shifting make it a unique lens in the 35mm world. Great for architecture, landscapes, still-life, and even portraits (although I'd like to try the TS 90 for that as well), this is a great universal lens.

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