Topic: New Kinda Cool Lens

[jpschust]

Trying something new for a cheap new lens:

www.lensbabies.com

Figured it looked kind of cool for a walk around piece- and at about the same price as a 50 f/1.8 I thought it looked fun.

[BJ]

not bad at all for less than 100$....but couldnt you do this with filters..either digitally (post) or with a filter on the lens??? I know they ahve those filters that make lights streak(like stars) and colored and things...i figured they would ahve some kind of blur filter also.....

[jpschust]

you wouldnt quite have the movement ability you have with this- you could do it in post, but this is just a little different.  plus i prefer to do as little as possible in post.

[BJ]

i would agree...i dont even have a software to do anything in post....nice find tho...looks a little weird...
it says to bend it...would that not have some effects onthe glass in the longterm??  seems like it would be easy to break too...but I guess for 100$ its not that much of a loss, and could produce some interesting results....where did you see 1.8??  that seems really low.  I would think with the movable lens that it would be much higher  like a 5.6 or above....esp with that low price.....

[jpschust]

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=productlist&A=details&Q=&sku=12142&is=USA

canon 50mm f/1.8  (greatest cheap lens ever)

[setboy]

that is cool

i think i will pick that up next time i get some $$ to kill (so i should have one by 2008)


Raphael

[BJ]

Figured it looked kind of cool for a walk around piece- and at about the same price as a 50 f/1.8 I thought it looked fun.

doh! i misread..i thought you were saying THIS lens was a 50 mm f/1.8

[jpschust]

Figured it looked kind of cool for a walk around piece- and at about the same price as a 50 f/1.8 I thought it looked fun.

doh! i misread..i thought you were saying THIS lens was a 50 mm f/1.8

hehe nah, this is a total approximation of a lens- i dont think there are many real numbers out on this lens- how could there be?

ok i realized before i buy my 180 macro i am in dire need of some good traveling legs and a ball head...ugh.