TTArtisan’s New Tilt 35mm f/1.4 Lens Offers Creative Depth of Field Control

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TTArtisan’s New Tilt 35mm f/1.4 Lens Offers Creative Depth of Field Control

TTArtisan announced a new tilting lens for APS-C mirrorless cameras, the Tilt 35mm f/1.4.

It is worth noting immediately that the new lens only tilts; it does not also shift. Nonetheless, this promises creative possibilities for photographers and videographers looking to achieve a magical miniature effect on their images and have extensive control over the depth of field. Without shifting capabilities, this lens will not enable architectural and landscape photographers to achieve perfectly straight vertical lines, but it should still offer something distinct. Plus, the new lens is just $169, making it a great deal.

A black camera lens with detailed markings rests on a square wooden platform. The light highlights the metallic texture. The photo credit "By: Alwin Kok" appears in the lower right corner.

“A tilt lens lets you keep only what you want in focus without changing the aperture, adding a more artistic look to the image,” TTArtisan explains.

The lens’s front group can tilt up to eight degrees left or right. The tilt works together alongside a 360-degree rotating mechanism marked in 15-degree increments. This ensures that the left or right tilt can become an up or down tilt, too, regardless of the camera’s shooting orientation.

Split image: Left shows a row of yellow rental bikes lined up on a city sidewalk. Right is a simple diagram of a camera lens with lines illustrating the passage of light through it.

Left: Close-up of a row of yellow rental bicycles with "be.brussels" branding. Right: Simple digital illustration of a camera with a colored light spectrum passing through its lens.

The TTArtisan APS-C Tilt 35mm f/1.4 lens features seven optical elements across six groups. It has a 10-bladed aperture diaphragm, a minimum aperture of f/16, and can focus as close as 0.35 meters (1.1 feet). The lens is fully manual, including for focus and aperture control. Depending on the lens mount, the lens weighs between 341 and 350 grams (12 and 12.3 ounces). Its length ranges from 61 to 66 millimeters (2.4 to 2.6 inches).

A Fujifilm digital camera with a large lens and a wooden grip attachment, viewed from above on a light surface. The camera dials and buttons are visible, and the lens displays various focus and tilt markings.

On APS-C cameras, the lens offers an equivalent focal length of around 53mm, although it is slightly longer on Canon EOS RF-mount bodies (56mm). The lens is also available in Micro Four Thirds, which, thanks to its heavier crop factor, turns the lens into a 70mm prime.

Sample Images

Side-by-side portraits of a woman with long black hair wearing a sleeveless white top. The left image shows her facing forward without head tilt; the right image shows her with her head tilted slightly to the side.

Split image: Left, a person stands overlooking a brightly lit city at night with skyscrapers; right, a waterfront city skyline at sunset with orange and purple clouds over high-rise buildings and the harbor.

Split image: Left side shows a snowy mountain peak under a green-hued night sky filled with stars. Right side shows a close-up of a dense, star-filled sky with patches of dark clouds and colorful cosmic dust.

Split image: Left side shows a person riding a scooter on a city street, partially shaded by trees. Right side shows an aerial view of a person walking at a street intersection surrounded by greenery. Both have a tilt-shift blur effect.

Split image of a busy city highway at night, taken with a tilt-shift effect that makes cars and roads appear miniature; lights and trees line the roads, with blurred city buildings in the background.

Pricing and Availability

The TTArtisan Tilt APS-C 35mm f/1.4 lens is available to purchase now for Sony E, Fujifilm X, Nikon Z, Canon RF, and Micro Four Thirds mounts. The lens is $169.

 The tilting 35mm f/1.4 lens joins TTArtisan’s existing 50mm f/1.4 Tilt lens, which supports a full-frame image area and is available for $229 for the same mounts as the new 35mm lens, plus L-Mount.

Image credits: TTArtisan

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