Actually it doesn't go on your lens, it is a lens.
And yes you can do it in Photoshop, if you want to.
But like there are some people who like doing almost everything in
Photoshop, there are others who like doing some things in camera. Plus
of course there are the people using film.
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/
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wrote:
> 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-****ft (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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