You realize that all this "lensbaby" stuff is nothing but spam don't you?
I've seen the samples photos of how this piece of crap optic-toy ruins
good
glass.
Anyone with the least bit of rudimentary editing skills can replicate
these
disastrous "lensbaby" results in post-processing, EXACTLY. (Zoom-blur on
subject
focus, apply graduated gaussian blur, done. So simple there are even
plugins to
do it in one step.) Why ruin the original photo by putting this
over-priced-crap
toy on your lens? Keep the original photo intact and do these ridiculous
effects
later if you must.
On Sat, 19 May 2007 12:39:01 +1000, "Wayne J. Cosshall"
<wayne@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
wrote:
>Hi David,
>
>That very testing is on my list of things to do because of feedback I
>got from my 3G review.
>
>It is possible that this is only the first Lensbaby sponsored
>competition, from what they have said, so it could well be a possibility.
>
>Cheers,
>
>Wayne
>
>Wayne J. Cosshall
>Publisher, The Digital ImageMaker, http://www.dimagemaker.com/
>Blog http://www.digitalimagemakerworld.com/
>Publisher, Experimental Digital Photography
>http://www.experimentaldigitalphotography.com
>Personal art site http://www.cosshall.com/
>
>
>
>David Kilpatrick wrote:
>> Wayne -
>>
>> have you investigated the sharpness of the Lensbaby 3G? I found on
>> testing it at f2 - no iris inserted - that the core sharpness is
>> exceptional, beating many high end lenses. With the smaller aperture
>> discs, rarely used and frankly rather thick physically to avoid
>> diffraction effects, the 3G is an extremely sharp tilt-shift (vaguely
>> combined) optic.
>>
>> It's too easy for buyers to assume this is little more than a meniscus
>> doublet. It's actually pretty sophisticated in using LD glass to create
>> a lens which has a much sharper 'core' than sticking a magnifying glass
>> in front of your camera, soemthing I guess we have all done at some
>> stage in search of creative blur.
>>
>> You should really sponsor a Lensbaby 'extreme sharpness' competition as
>> well!
>>
>> David
>> photoclubalpha.com
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