From the past: Samyang/Rokinon T-S 24mm F3.5 review

This review, or an edited version of it, first appeared in the British Journal of Photography* magazine well over a decade ago. With their range of movements, tilt and shift lenses offered in various focal lengths for 35mm full-frame DSLRs have become indispensable for architecture, interiors, still-life, food and product photography. Before Canon redesigned their film-era 24mm version with an improved optical design and, uniquely, adding a user-selectable option of aligning the tilt function with the shift movement, these lenses were quite reasonably priced. A little over four years ago, Canon offered three focal lengths (24, 45 and 90mm). At just £899 inc VAT, the low price suggested that these were marketed as a "loss leader,” intended to entice users to switch. At that time, with just one Nikkor PC 85mm F2.8D model in the range and with it lacking automatic aperture control, main rival Nikon was lagging, in this sector anyway. Nevertheless, Nikon was soon to refresh the