That would push the prices into the Leica realm
. In the Netherlands the EF TS-E lenses retail for between 2200 and 2700 euro (incl. VAT). Adding electronics and motors to the lens and your guesstimate might be accurate.I based my estimate on the retail price of the Nikon 19mm TS: Euro 4199 !That would push the prices into the Leica realm
Of course, but stitching panos also involves computations for alignment and vignetting etc. My question is whether it would be sufficient for most cases or not. Not just the simplicity of using the RF10-20 vs tilt/shift setup but probably substantially cheaper as well. We have the purists for not wanting any optical corrections for lenses but I'm sure that hasn't negated the usefulness of 14mm with a 77mm filter thread in the RF14-35/4 for instance.
Just to clarify your terms, technically, tilt is adjusting the focus plane along the vertical axis, and swing is doing the same along the horizontal axis. However, because the original photo instruments to use this concept most effectively were typically monorail "view cameras" with very extensive independent front and back movements in multiple dimensions, vertical and horizontal swing and tilt were always relative concepts. The same is true with front movements on Canon TS lenses; you can rotate the front "standard" of the lens to make its movement either a tilt or swing or something like a diagonal tilt/swing instead. The current gen of TS lenses are great for those who understand how the Scheimpflug principle works, but for those who would not want to try to understand this for themselves, or just want the camera to do it for them because they don't want to be bothered, this new system would be very good.
