Lens Baby

joedlh wrote in post #8396805
It's the kind of tool that might serve a useful purpose to direct the eye of a beginning photographer, but deserves to be consigned to oblivion once he or she develops any skill.

So what you're basically saying is that none of the contributors to this thread have developed any skill whatsoever.

joedlh wrote in post #8396805
I view it as a passing fad ........ but deserves to be consigned to oblivion once he or she develops any skill.

It's a tool like every other lens, filter or processing method. You can't dismiss it simply because you have no current need for it.

Saying it's a lens for the unskilled is both insulting and ignorant. Clearly you've never used one otherwise you would know that they require a deeper knowledge of the fundamentals of photography on order to work them than a lens that can use the green box or other newbie modes.

That's it. I'm going onto the next 17-55 f2.8 thread and posting something along the lines of: "Well this is clearly a lens for beginners and once you become a real photographer and move on to the full frame experience you'll forget all about this childish 17-55 EOS stuff." Give me a break.

A truly creative person would never discount the possibilities of using any tool whatsoever, no matter how silly it might seem, in the creation of art. To be stuck on razor sharp, color correct and compositionally perfect images and to think that that is the only kind of legitimate photograph is very foolish indeed. Is that the reaction that occurred when the color film came in and eventually pushed aside b&w? Oh, and what about those heavily Photoshop manipulated images? Are they somehow OK but a Lensbaby is not?

BTW, Lensbaby is also an excellent example of web marketing done right. Those folks are very smart and really have their act together. As an internet based small business owner myself I can really appreciate how well done their approach is and it is obvious they are very talented and creative folks.

just got the MUSE double glass, a very sharp lens wen stopped down, i'm just wondering about the Apreture you recieve with it, i got F(2.8, 4 , 5.6 , 8 ) but i didnt get the F22 where it's there in the manual !

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My 2.0 is still sitting in the box. Still trying to figure out if I should return it or open it up and use it.

very interesting , gives sort of a holgaesque effect if i may say so , after seeing all these images I cant help but put it on my wishlist

Composer with double glass optic and custom apertures:

kloodee wrote in post #8502810
just got the MUSE double glass, a very sharp lens wen stopped down, i'm just wondering about the Apreture you recieve with it, i got F(2.8, 4 , 5.6 , 8 ) but i didnt get the F22 where it's there in the manual !

i dont think the higher apertures come with versions below control freak or composer because its too hard to handhold them still long enough without blurring, cos of the squeeze etc

susabell wrote in post #8392199
It is a fun lens and I really think some dismiss it too easily. Here is one I took last spring. I took shots with a regular lens too. But the lensbaby shot was the best of the bunch.

that is a fantastic shot, looks like a more expensive TS-E was used
well done

in response to the 'haters' - its a lot harder to take quality photos with a lens like this than with a conventional, more expensive lens. you definitely need more skill to have solid control over the outcome (rather than just experimenting and fluking a lucky shot)

susabell wrote in post #8392199
It is a fun lens and I really think some dismiss it too easily. Here is one I took last spring. I took shots with a regular lens too. But the lensbaby shot was the best of the bunch.

An amazing shot...I'd be interested to know more about your setup on this...aperture ring, etc...

Thanks!

Far from good but here goes, first day out using it. I borrowed it for a few days. Composer + 5D MKII.

dbrod1 wrote in post #8556674
An amazing shot...I'd be interested to know more about your setup on this...aperture ring, etc...

Thanks!

Thank everyone

I use the 4 ap. ring when shooting on the 40D (which is the camera I used for this shot) When shooting with the 5D I use the 5.6 ring. I found the 4 to be too blurry with the full frame.

I shoot everything in RAW so the only other setting was the shutter speed. I'll have to look that up.

Four from this weekend down at the power canal. They drain it every year for a week to do repairs. Always an interesting place.