Canon 24 TSE on Nikon ?

[erick.boileau]

Is it possible to adapt a Canon 24 TS-E II on  Nikon FF ?

thank you

[Tony Beach]

Anything is "possible."  However, if you could do it, the lens would be myopic.  Better to just use Nikon's 24 PC-E on your Nikon body.

[erick.boileau]

yes but the Canon TSE is really better and I have it already, it will be the only lens that I want to keep from Canon

[JeffKohn]

The short answer is no. The flange to focal plane distance is longer for Nikon F-mount lenses than it is for Canon's EOS mount. This means that you can use an adapter to mount Nikon lenses on Canon cameras it work fine (with a few caveats for 'G" and PC-E lenses). But doing the opposite doesn't really work, because the lens will be too far from the sensor and won't be able to focus to infinity. Plus, you wouldn't have any way to control the aperture since Canon lenses don't have an aperture ring.

[BernardLanguillier]

yes but the Canon TSE is really better and I have it already, it will be the only lens that I want to keep from Canon

Have you tried the Nikon equivalent? Optically it is a brilliant performer too, except for distorsion that is a bit too strong, but rather easily corrected with PS for instance.

It is for sure true that the ability to control separately T/S on the Canon is a big plus for some applications.

The following image is a 3 frames stitch (-10mm, 0, +10mm) on a D3x, still very good.



Cheers,
Bernard

[JeffKohn]

The Nikon 24 PC-E is for sure nice, but I have to admit to a bit of Canon envy in this regard. Not only does Canon give you independent tilt/shift controls, but the image circle seems to be a bit bigger (and a bit better at the edges).

I'm not sure that I agree the 24 PC-E's distortion is easily corrected. Using PTLens can help automate the process some (not as much as I'd like), but it still requires recording the amount of shift used for each shot taken. Not a big deal if you're primarily using the shift for stitching, since the shift amount will probably always be the same. But if you're shifting for compositional reasons, you could be using anything from a few mm to 10 or 11mm; and you need to know that to be able to correct the distortion. I really need to get better at remembering to the voice-memo on my camera.

[erick.boileau]

thank you