Other than very tall buildings, cathedral (very high ceilings)
interiors, and just looking cool a shift lens works well win shooting
reflective items such as cars when you don't want to see your reflection
in the image. However since early 1993 when I first started using
Photoshop the first thing I started doing was correcting perspective of
some tall building shots. Also it is easy to remove your reflection
from the shinny car. A few years ago I was sent a software product
called Quickstith from Enroute. It allows you to shoot buildings with a
more standard lens (many shots) and stich them together to form one
decent looking image. (There Quickstich360 was not as good a product
(IMHO) in my humble opinion.) So if you have the bucks to buy that lens
go ahead, although I think the money could be put to better use on a
good scanner. If you are into high end architecture, a view camera just
is the best way to go (IMHO) and with the high cost of those lenses you
may be able to score a decent used view camera for not much more money.
Phillip Franklin
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