Digital Camera News, Reviews and Tips
The Lensbaby Spark is a new $80 lens available for Canon and Nikon DSLRs. It features a simple squeeze to focus design and will let you tilt it to move the sweet spot. The Spark sports a 50mm focal length with a fixed f/5.6 aperture.
The Lensbaby Spark is available now at B&H Photo.
The Lensbaby Pro Effects Kit, which includes the Lensbaby Composer Pro with Sweet 35 Optic, the Edge 80 Optic, Macro Converters, Lens Cleaning Cloth and the Lensbaby System Bag, is now available. Price is $750. Check it out at B&H for Nikon and Canon mounts.
Lensbaby has announced the Composer Pro for mirrorless cameras, including Micro Four Thirds, Sony NEX and Samsung NX models. The Composer Pro works with the existing Optic Swap system and comes with the Double Glass Optic. The new Composer Pro for mirrorless cameras retails for $300 and is available from lensbaby.com and B&H Photo.
More info in the press release below. [Read more…]
Lensbaby has introduced the new Edge 80, which is a new optic that’s compatible with the Lensbaby Composer Pro, Composer, Muse, Scout and Control Freak.
The Edge 80 is an 80mm lens with a 12-blade aperture that ranges from f/2.8 to f/22. Shooting level and straight ahead gives you everything in focus; however, tilting it off-axis gives you a slice of sharp focus that can be altered based on the given aperture setting.
The Lensbaby Edge 80 runs $300 and is available at Lensbaby.com and B&H Photo.
More details in the press release below. [Read more…]
Lensbaby has a new Movie Maker kit for PL-mount cameras, which includes the Lensbaby Muse PL with Double Glass and Composer Pro PL with Sweet 35, as well as one Composer Pro with a Canon mount. [Read more…]
Lensbaby Ultimate Portrait Kit
Lensbaby recently unveiled a pair of new portrait kits that include the Lensbaby Composer, along with additional optics inserts and a carry bag. [Read more…]
If you want to get in on a chance to win a Lensbaby Composer, you’ve only got until next week. Details are here.
This Summer is looking to be a fun one – with lots of goodies to give away to Photography Bay readers. To kick things off, one lucky reader will get a Lensbaby Composer lens in the camera mount of his or her choice. [Read more…]
Lensbaby let the wraps off a new lens today – the Composer Pro.
The Lensbaby Composer Pro steps up its game with upgrades to the swivel ball and focus mechanism to make it (you guessed it) more “pro” oriented. The new focus ring is a dampened fluid ring, which (according to Lensbaby) is more akin to pro-caliber lenses from conventional lens makers. [Read more…]
Lensbaby has taken the wraps off of its new Sweet 35 Optic, which works in conjunction with the Lensbaby Optic Swap System. As the name implies, the Sweet 35 Optic is a 35mm lens and features a 12-blade adjustable aperture. The aperture controls is manually adjustable between f/2.5 and f/22 by rotating the front dial on the Sweet 35 Optic unit.
The Sweet 35 Optic is available for $180 from B&H Photo and Amazon.
More details in the press release below. [Read more…]