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Lensbaby launches FishEye and Soft Focus optics

LENSBABY LAUNCHES 2 NEW OPTICS - FISHEYE AND SOFT FOCUS

Our family of optics is growing! With the arrival of our new Soft Focus and Fisheye optics, Lensbaby is moving beyond the realm of selective focus to offer photographers a comprehensive Creative Effects SLR lens system.

Unlike Lensbaby’s signature optics, the Fisheye and Soft Focus optics do not feature a sweet spot of focus surrounded by a graduated blur. Instead, each of these new optics allows you to turn your Composer® or Muse®* into a traditional soft focus or fisheye lens.

However, in keeping with our ongoing mission to give photographers a multitude of creative options, we’ve equipped each of these traditional optic types with a special Lensbaby twist. For details, read on.

*The Lensbaby Fisheye Muse Adapter (sold separately) is required when using a the Fisheye Optic with the Muse.

FISHEYE
With a six element multi-coated optical design, Lensbaby’s new Fisheye is our most complex optic to date.


Our Fisheye features an ultra-wide 12mm focal length capable of capturing a 160 degree fisheye angle of view from infinity all the way to one-inch from the front of the lens. Apertures are adjusted using drop-in disks and range from f/4 to f/22.
THE LENSBABY TWIST: The Lensbaby Fisheye Optic features a creative lens flare effect; the edge areas, which would be black in an image taken with a typical fisheye lens, glow with color whenever there are bright light sources in the image.

SOFT FOCUS
Much like a classic Imagon portrait lens, the Soft Focus Optic creates images with an overall soft and diffused look. In addition to a set of standard round aperture disks, which allow you to take photographs with a classic soft focus look, the Soft Focus Optic also comes with three special multi-hole apertures which combine one large aperture surrounded by smaller holes.

THE LENSBABY TWIST: This hole pattern creates a sharp underlying image with a soft overlay. The multi-hole apertures have the ability to create out-of-focus highlights that take on the shape of the holes.


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