Luminous Landscape Forum
Equipment & Techniques => Cameras, Lenses and Shooting gear => Topic started by: BernardLanguillier on April 07, 2015, 08:32:00 am
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You've gotta love the marketing tone! :)
http://www.canonrumors.com/2015/04/lensbaby-announces-velvet-56-the-most-versatile-portrait-lens-ever-made/
I wish Canon and Nikon could decide to do it that way instead of their usual solemn crap.
Cheers,
Bernard
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Very interesting, be interesting to see sample images.
Alan
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Very interesting, be interesting to see sample images.
Alan
Just follow the links in the article...
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What a waste of $500. Honestly.
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It would be a waste even at 50 bucks.
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It would be a waste even at 50 bucks.
No doubt that the lens sucks in its own cute way, but I still love the way they market it! ;)
Cheers,
Bernard
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How about a more honest marketing strapline:
"You have bought the highest IQ camera you can afford, now spend another $500 on our fuzzy lens to bugger it all up again."
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A short review and some sample images:
http://carolinejensen.blogspot.it/2015/04/the-lensbaby-velvet-56-is-here.html
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A short review and some sample images:
http://carolinejensen.blogspot.it/2015/04/the-lensbaby-velvet-56-is-here.html
The examples show this lens has special characteristics that are not easy ( or impossible) to achieve in postproduction.
Since everybody can produce sharp clean photographs people are getting bored and want to see something else.
There will definitely be a market for other special lenses. In a more subtle way the 58mm Nikkor is such a lens. More will follow.
It is expensive but the Imagon soft focus was more expensive i guess and used by 'serious' photographers
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The examples show this lens has special characteristics that are not easy ( or impossible) to achieve in postproduction.
Since everybody can produce sharp clean photographs people are getting bored and want to see something else.
There will definitely be a market for other special lenses. In a more subtle way the 58mm Nikkor is such a lens. More will follow.
It is expensive but the Imagon soft focus was more expensive i guess and used by 'serious' photographers
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and I'm guessing (quoting loosely from the blogpost in the link by photographer Caroline Jensen) the "Dreamy Bokeh Dreamlens from the 60's I paid more than $2000 for and use via adapter on my A7s" likely is a 58mm Nikkor ?
Best Regards, Sander
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The whole lensbaby line is way overpriced but it is interesting to see what they can pawn off on the masses, kind of like a hardware instagram look. I have seen some creative images with their product line but not enough that I would want to invest that kind of money. Unlike other lenses the Lensbaby have virtually no resale value, I know that is not a reason to make or break a purchase but it is an interesting data point. I purchased one of their early lenses for my Canon, the 3g that did not have the replaceable optics, never did like it, and when I went to sell it I could not really give it away for the cost of postage. So that was a lesson learned, I have never seen a lens lose so much in value. Still fun to see what they are doing.
Alan
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Photography is a big tent pursuit. I own a number of lenses precisely so I can take advantage of their contrast-lowering, softening, flaring & halation-producing qualities. IMO anything that inspires or even provokes creativity is good.
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