TTArtisan 50mm f1.4 Tilt for Nikon Z full frame

TTArtisan 50mm f1.4 Tilt for Nikon Z full frame

A look at the magical Lilliput

A tilt lens transforms the real world into a delightful miniature landscape, making it look like you're stepping onto the island of Lilliput from Gulliver's Travels.

What is 'tilt'?
With an ordinary lens, the focus area is always parallel to the sensor plane. For example, if you want to take a sharp photo of everything at a distance of 5 meters, this area is focused and then stopped down until the depth of field is sufficient.
With a tilt lens (tilt = tilt or swivel), you can also focus on a single strip in the image while the rest of the image remains blurred. The optical axis is simply bent. This allows the focal plane to be positioned freely. For example, the following motif can be realized with the tilt function even with an open aperture: A house facade that runs at an angle in the picture and is still in focus from front to back.

Two lenses for the price of one!
With a tilt angle of 0 degrees, this is a conventional 50 mm lens, for example for portraits. The optical performance is also optimally utilized. In 'normal' mode, only the central part of the large image circle is used. When using the tilt function, there are no limits to your own creativity in image composition. You can work specifically with sharpness and blurring.

Video clips from the Lilliput perspective are also unique. The stepless aperture ring with additional gear ring makes professional video work very convenient.

The large aperture of f/1.4 allows a low ISO value even in low light. The soft bokeh together with the tilt function creates the unmistakable miniature effect.

The tilt mechanism (8 degrees) works to the left and right. The angle of this 'tilt plane' can be rotated from 0 to 90 degrees (a mark is drawn every 15 degrees). The tilt and rotation functions can be locked with a separate screw.

The TTArtisan 50 mm f/1.4 Tilt has an optical design of 7 elements in 6 groups. These include 2 elements with a high refractive index.

The focus and aperture are set manually.