As we obsess over the latest camera technology and spend our precious time wishing for this or that camera that we don’t have, we are missing out on golden opportunities for great photography. I see it every day on the blog, most of the queries and emails that we receive are about which camera to buy or which one to change for. Friends, I am going to tell you something important, although it is nothing new, it seems that for many it is: it is much better to invest in objectives. Any camera with manual controls will allow you to do amazing things. Unless you dedicate yourself to photography professionally, my (and our) advice is clear, invest more in goals. That’s why today I present you the objectives lensbaby.
The lenses of your camera are the ones that will encourage your creativity, the ones that will help you get closer to an object, capture the entire scene or blur to the limits of infarction. Your best photographs will not be taken with the best camera, but with your best eye and with a lens that accompanies you. You can have a beginner camera with an interesting lens and get better photos than a professional full frame mega camera with a paperweight, no matter how much you know how to squeeze it. I guarantee you.
To learn more about objectives, types, terminology, acronyms, focal lengths and more, don’t miss the mega guide that we have prepared for you.
What are Lensbaby lenses?
Lensbaby is a manufacturer of optics designed to multiply your creativity and artistic ability. If you like to experiment, play, create, take your imagination to the limit, enjoy photography and avoid routine. If you love vintage-type photos, different, original, with great blurs, with incredible effects and without having to edit too much, these lenses are made for you. You will fall in love with them, or at least you will have a terrible desire to try them.
…photography is not precision or perfection, but fascination. lensbaby
But if your thing is perfection, absolute sharpness and what matters to you is the quality of each pixel more than originality or creativity, they will not seduce you. But it is worth getting to know them, getting out of your comfort zone always brings joy and fresh air. And you like to be up to date, right? Do you stay then? Good! I knew you would not disappoint me 😉 .
I leave you with some of these wonders.
Burnside 35mm f/2.8
This 35mm focal length lens achieves images with a sharp center to which you can add surrounding bokeh or vignetting. It features two systems, one for adjusting the aperture (depth of field) and one for effects (bokeh and vignetting).
Characteristic
- Focal Length: 35mm
- Aperture: f/2.8 to f/16
- manual focus
- View Angle: 185°
- Compatible with APS-C and Full Frame
- 6 diaphragm blades
- Diameter: 62mm
- 372g
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circular fisheye
A fisheye to achieve different, crazy, distorted images and to fit everything your eyes reach into a small sphere or even something else.
Characteristic
- Focal Length: 5.8mm
- Aperture: f/3.5
- manual focus
- View Angle: 185°
- Compatible with APS-C and Full Frame
- 6 diaphragm blades
- 328g
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circular fisheye
circular fisheye
circular fisheye
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Twist 60
With this lens you will get vintage photos without the need for editing. It highlights everything in the center of the image and has a swirling blur around it.
Characteristic
- Focal length: 60mm
- Aperture: f/2.5-f/22
- manual focus
- Full-Frame Compatible
- 12 diaphragm blades
- Diameter: 46mm
- 280g
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Anne Rosenberg
Rachel Shomsky
Anne Worner
Ben Hutchinson
april milani
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4 new since €280.990 2nd hand
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Velvet 56
This lens will delight those who love maximum openings. If you are looking for a very bright lens, as well as creative, you will love this. From intimate portraits to macro scenes imbued with magic. With a very particular effect that you can see in the gallery.
Characteristic
- Focal Length: 56mm
- Aperture: f/1.6
- manual focus
- Compatible with APS-C and Full Frame
- 9 diaphragm blades
- Diameter: 62mm
- 400g
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kathleen clemons
Lauren Bramlett
Pauline Put
Joye Ardyn Durham
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3 new since €549.000 2nd hand
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You like them?
It is clear that these are not the typical lenses or standard optics that we usually look for or expect. They are goals to play, experiment, achieve different and unique images. Its drawback may be the price, but if you can afford one and you want to differentiate yourself… think of the hours you would save in front of an editor… or looking for your style 😉 .
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Thank you and see you soon.