Where are Lensbaby lenses made?

And Lensbaby is effectively and quietly doing just that. The Portland, Oregon-based camera creative lens manufacturer eschews what might be considered traditional setups in favor of a more personal — and more affordable — approach. The company was started in October 2003 by co-founders Craig Strong and Sam Pardue..

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What are the advantages of a tilt-shift lens?

Tilt shift lenses allow photographers to adjust the perspective of the lens, without moving the camera. They’re a necessity for professional architecture images, and fun to experiment with for hobbyist photographers.

When would you use a tilt-shift lens?

Tilt-shift lenses are useful for perspective correction, maximizing/minimizing depth-of-field and panoramic photography, and one (or several) tilt-shift lenses may be ideal additions for your kit.

Should I buy a tilt-shift lens?

Tilt shift lenses are essential for photographing architecture. First, they allow us to keep the camera level while adjusting our field of view up, down, and to the side without introducing “ship’s prow” distortion.

What aperture is the sharpest? If you’re shooting flat subjects, the sharpest aperture is usually f/8. My lens reviews give the best apertures for each lens, but it is almost always f/8 if you need no depth of field.

What are Lensbaby lenses?

What can you do with Lensbaby?

Lensbaby is a system that allows you to insert, and use, different optics to a base lens. The most common one is the Composer Pro which has a rotating ball so you can use different angles when taking photos.

How do I change Lensbaby optics?

What does a Lensbaby Spark do?

Lensbaby has announced the Spark 2.0 lens and its design draws inspiration from the original Lensbaby launched in 2004. The new lens allows you to adjust the ‘sweet spot’ of focus by physically bending the lens across a wide range of angles. You can adjust where the spot of focus is across the entire frame.

Is focus peaking accurate?

Focus peaking is a manual focus assistant that helps you focus more accurately. It works in real-time, highlighting sharp areas with a contrasting overlay. With focus peaking activated, you will be able to see what part of the image is in focus before shooting.

Is focus peaking good? “Focus peaking is a great tool to use in-camera to get the sharpest images possible while out in the field,” Davidson says.

How do you use Lensbaby crystals?

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What is a Lensbaby Composer?

The Lensbaby Composer is basically a ball and socket with a lens set installed in the front (ball) portion of the assembly. To move the sharp-focused area around in the frame, the lens elements are pivoted on the ball. Friction on the ball is controlled by the rear black-ribbed ring that fine-click-stops into place.

What is Lensbaby Optic Swap system?

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What does a tilt lens do?

A tilt-shift lens (also called a perspective control lens) changes the position of a lens in relation to a camera’s image sensor. When the lens tilts so that it is no longer parallel to the camera’s image sensor, it shifts the plane of focus and alters the depth of field.

How does focus peaking work?

In its simplest form, focus peaking is a display overlay in your digital viewfinder or LCD that highlights the edges around everything in your frame that is in focus, making it far easier to focus manually (especially with aging eyes). But it doesn’t just highlight what is in focus in the viewfinder.

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