Lensbaby question + new Lensbaby 2.0

wholenewlightwholenewlight Registered Users Posts: 1,529 Major grins
edited March 22, 2005 in Accessories
This question is for Lensbaby owners (or those who have used a Lensbaby).

I get the concept (I think). It's a simple, single element lens. You focus it by moving the element in out using the bellows. For the "selective focus" effect, you "tip or bend" the lens or angle the front focus plate. So far, so good?

Here's my question. When you get the desired focus and effect that you want, will the lens "stay" in that position that you have set? In other words, you use your fingers to manipulate this "flexible" lens - and you get just the "right" look to your scene - do you have to hold the lens in that position for repeat shots (bracket exposure, change in composition, etc) or will it maintain your set position?

My question relates to speed and the necessary dexterity to use this lens/tool in practice.

FYI:
I also just noticed that there is a new version of the Lensbaby lens - Lensbaby 2.0

Links:

http://www.dpreview.com/news/0503/05032201lensbaby_2.0.asp

http://www.lensbabies.com/pages/lensbaby2.php

Thanks in advance for answers :thumb
john w

I knew, of course, that trees and plants had roots, stems, bark, branches and foliage that reached up toward the light. But I was coming to realize that the real magician was light itself.
Edward Steichen


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  • mercphotomercphoto Registered Users Posts: 4,550 Major grins
    edited March 22, 2005
    Here's my question. When you get the desired focus and effect that you want, will the lens "stay" in that position that you have set?

    Unfortunately it will not. Sigh... But it is a neat toy to have and play with.
    Bill Jurasz - Mercury Photography - Cedar Park, TX
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  • wholenewlightwholenewlight Registered Users Posts: 1,529 Major grins
    edited March 22, 2005
    mercphoto wrote:
    Unfortunately it will not. Sigh... But it is a neat toy to have and play with.
    So the bellows compress and extend but spring back to their original position?

    With practice, is it pretty fast and easy to use?

    Thanks
    john w

    I knew, of course, that trees and plants had roots, stems, bark, branches and foliage that reached up toward the light. But I was coming to realize that the real magician was light itself.
    Edward Steichen


  • mercphotomercphoto Registered Users Posts: 4,550 Major grins
    edited March 22, 2005
    So the bellows compress and extend but spring back to their original position?

    With practice, is it pretty fast and easy to use?

    My gut instinct is to say yes, but I need more practice myself. My first few attempts were better than I had expected them to be though.
    Bill Jurasz - Mercury Photography - Cedar Park, TX
    A former sports shooter
    Follow me at: https://www.flickr.com/photos/bjurasz/
    My Etsy store: https://www.etsy.com/shop/mercphoto?ref=hdr_shop_menu
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