Lensbaby announced the new Velvet 56mm f/1.6 lens. It will be available for MFT later this year. Full specs and image sampels can be seen here: lensbaby.com/usa/velvet56.php
Lensbaby announced the new Velvet 56mm f/1.6 lens. It will be available for MFT later this year. Full specs and image sampels can be seen here: lensbaby.com/usa/velvet56.php
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Where tha… is Nokton 10,5?
Vaseline.
Pretty much, but they do have a pleasant effect from f5.6 onwards in my opinion, check fstoppers’s review. The price still makes this a ridiculous lens though.
vaseline has a pleasant effect too
Indeed, but a not so pleasant effect on your lens maybe? Even if I applied it in a filter a part of me would be itchy for putting an oily substance so near to my lens. Then again these Lensbaby’s have an unpleasant effect on your wallet and on your self respect… Pick your poison I guess.
I shall be yawning in anticipation
There is no point in waiting for the native version. An adapted Nikon or Canon mount will work just as well and offer a better resale value.
Probably not, with our smaller image circle. The effects would be peripheral, and we would lose much of them.
because you’ll want to sell it a week after you buy it?
at least they’re not saying “available for preorder”
so they made a soft lens and they are marketing it as a cool feature?
I would try it just out of curiosity, but I can apply a similar effect in post production..
My concept of a good soft focus lens is actually a sharp lens with a soft-filter element to soften the edges.
But as you said, these lenses had more value before photoshop.
500$…? I want this cute girl too in the box.
you could probably just use one of those 30 dollar or so fujian lenses and get pretty much the same effect…
Looks like bad glamor photography from the 80s lol! Maybe it’s
coming back? might as well embrace it and be an early adopter, coz I am always late to the party 🙂
Hmmm, i will just carry on using my om 50mm f1.4… that has a lovely dreamy look wide open too 🙂
Lensbaby is about wealth redistribution: parting fools from their money and redistributing it to Lensbaby.
I don’t know, where is the point of focus on that shot, screen -left eyeball maybeeeee? I can be out of focus without spending $600+. The pics on their website look sort of cool but you can get that look with toy lenses and uncoated flare-y ones
There is no point of focus. If you look at the website, you can see that besides the “eye” picture, all the other samples show a similar full photo out of focus look. Yes, you can unfocus with any lens, but they are claiming the results are not as smooth, and I agree.
m4/3 meets Lomography, and “only” $500, too! What a steal!
I stopped reading at “Lensb….”
Wow! Expensive lenses for taking out-of-focus photographs, who’d have thunk it.
How to counter the advance of camera-phones – imitate their output
Make a serious 55/1.2 please!
Say what you will, but I think the bokeh is actually really charming. I think it’s a really “pop” lens but the optical imperfections are interesting. The price though, is too high.
I can do that with my Voigtlander 25/.95 if I forget my focus peaking 😉
So it’s an utter piece of crap for 500 dollars. For 490 dollars you can get the lovely Voigtlander Nokton 58/1.4 SL II N which unlike this lens, when wide open is both dreamy AND sharp at the point of focus, becomes super sharp by F2 and has nice bokeh, little to no CA, and all metal construction. Oh, and it can make the same effect as the velvet… just use a cheap soft focus filter from ebay, or if you’re even cheaper, just lick the front element before taking the shot…