Do you need a tilt shift lens? Photographers will use special perspective-control lenses to achieve the most lifelike imagery of buildings, interiors, and cityscapes. Tilt shift lenses are ideal for architectural, portrait, and landscape photography. They have other uses as well, including creating a perspective of "miniaturization". If you need to rent tilt shift lenses, BorrowLenses has a great selection from wide angle tilt shifts to telephoto and macro tilt shifts. Canon and Nikon produce the most common tilt shift lenses, with Canon having the largest selection of focal lengths. All tilt shift lenses have the same basic controls and functions. You can tilt and/or shift the lens relative to the fixed plane of the camera’s sensor. Learn more in Tilt Shift Lenses for Beginners.

Tilt Shift Photography

Tilt shift lenses have the ability to make tall buildings appear straight with a simple shift. The shift function allows the lens to be moved (shifted) left or right and always remain parallel to the camera’s sensor plane. Tilt shift photography additionally has the ability to produce the "miniature effect", which is making a real-life scene (such as a stadium or city street) appear as if it were a small toy model. The reason a scene can look like a miniature with tilt shift lenses is because the plane of focus is so narrow and both the foreground and the background are out of focus. That’s not something the human eye is used to seeing and we interpret images like this differently. This is known as the "diorama effect". If this sounds like fun to you or if you need such a lens for a specific project, you can rent tilt shift lenses from BorrowLenses easily and conveniently. Additionally, renting allows you to try a lens at an affordable rate before you go to the store and purchase it. Tilt shift lenses tend to be quite expensive and are such specialty items that it often makes more sense to rent one than to buy one.

Endless Possibilities

Renting is a great way to try a variety of different lenses that are high tech and up-to-date. Renting a lens when you need it instead of buying one can save you a lot of money. If you want to give tilt shift photography a try, or if you are looking to rent tilt shift lenses specifically, BorrowLenses offers a variety of lenses just for you.