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Lens Baby (3G) vs. Nikon's T/S lenses

  • May. 5th, 2008 at 10:07 AM
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I was playing with the LensBaby at our wedding on Saturday and came out with this:



I'm considering an actual T/S lens. Nikon has a number of them in varying focal lengths. The only real drawback about the Nikkors, though, is that they're almost as expensive as our "workhorse" lenses (the three f/2.8 zooms).

My big gripe about the lensbaby was the difficulty in focusing it. I also don't like having to carry around a little magnet and a set of aperture rings in my pocket.

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[info]sipperphoto wrote:
May. 5th, 2008 05:39 pm (UTC)
As much as I like the idea of the lensbaby. The effects ARE pretty cool... I played with one at WPPI, and jsut couldn't get the hang of it. Maybe that comes with practice, but I dunno how much during a wedding shoot I'd actually use it.
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[info]winter_in_asia wrote:
May. 5th, 2008 05:45 pm (UTC)
Honestly, this was more of an accident than anything. It's hard to focus on the fly because there's no aperture ring you can open and close while focusing.

Overall, I found it a little irritating, but I can see using it in the future. I can maybe even see getting the macro kit for it and using it on the occasional ring shot.
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[info]windvesper wrote:
May. 5th, 2008 06:15 pm (UTC)
beautiful work!
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[info]winter_in_asia wrote:
May. 5th, 2008 06:22 pm (UTC)
Thanks! If you go back one entry, there's a link to the other preview shots from the wedding.
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[info]windvesper wrote:
May. 5th, 2008 06:32 pm (UTC)
ooo Ok.. I'll go take a look see. Photography is an awesome hobby.
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[info]winter_in_asia wrote:
May. 5th, 2008 06:36 pm (UTC)
I said that to a friend on Saturday. He promptly reminded me that we had already crossed the threshold into the land of "Pro."
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[info]theamazingjosh wrote:
May. 5th, 2008 08:06 pm (UTC)
and the 3G one is supposed to be easier...
Lensbabies are too inconsistent. Good shots out of them are more accidents I think than anything else. If you were going to be trying to capture this sort of look a lot I'd bite the bullet and buy that 24mm f/2.8 PC lens that Nikon just released. It's not ultrawide, but it's wide enough to potentially do some nice architectural or commercial photography out of it as well. Straight lines on buildings!
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[info]winter_in_asia wrote:
May. 5th, 2008 08:09 pm (UTC)
Re: and the 3G one is supposed to be easier...
I'm going to stop in at Pro Photo today and rent one, I think. I want to give it a whirl and see if it's something I want to invest in.
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[info]theamazingjosh wrote:
May. 5th, 2008 08:11 pm (UTC)
Re: and the 3G one is supposed to be easier...
Yeah I've seen one up close and it looks fairly complicated to operate. Definitely worth a rental.
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