I think that this is the interesting point here: $1900 for a 24mm f3.5 PC lens, as I see it throughout comparable to the Canon TS-E 24mm f/3.5L, which cost so much less, that you can even get a body with this lens for $1900.
This shift lens price case might be just the door to a Canon system for you!
Thomas
What I read from tests is that the new 24mm ts II is about as good as the Nikon 24mm PCE- but the canon lens has a better mechanism that is tighter and has more possibilities..
about the price: Canon 2199$ Nikon 1960$ so Canon is MORE expensive- ( source B&H;
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/search?Ntt=2...tialSearch=yes)I am a Nikon user and the 24PCE is a very good lens indeed. However it is too cheap - I would like it to be 500$ more expensive with a better mechanism and a larger image circle...
Also I want to use it with a d4x...
What the quality of Nikkors is concerned I think they make excellent lenses the last two years- the 14-24mm is the best wide zoom ever made till 2010 at least...the PCE lenses are very good.
The only lens they should have done better is the 1,4 50mm lens. The AFS is slow! and they should have used Nanocoating- I would have like to spend an extra 100$ to get that done....
About the review of Michael Reichman- I see in the video he is using d16 .
My method is 1: use d3,5 (open) look through the viewfinder and tilt and turn the focus to get it about right 2 live view: determine what point stays sharp when changing tilt and make it sharp at 100% 3 turn tilt till the other point is sharp as well 4 fine tune 5 use d11 or whatever you need.
PS it works better with a Ful frame camera for the viewfinder is so much better...