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.
