The picture doesn’t do it justice, it really is a cool looking lens.

Lensbaby description says this:

High refractive index, low dispersion, coated glass doublet allows tack sharp sweet spot

Um yeah. What that means in people speak is the lens gives you a window of in focus picture and the rest out of focus. It’s surprisingly flexible. Literally.

The lens body bends and gives. It can be compressed and bent in any direction. Area of focus moves accordingly. In case you’re still confused, the lens comes with an instruction book. I might add a rather upbeat sounding booklet at that.

Notice how the Guinness text is clear yet even the cap is slightly out of focus. Radiating out from that center, the photo becomes increasingly blurred.  Caps aside, this allows for some interesting portraits.

Spot on! by Tojosan, on Flickr

Notice the blur effect out from the center. Distance and angles play an important part in crafting the shot with this lens.

Click on the lens picture above, affiliate link, to buy yours today. Why get one now? Drastic price cut on Amazon for the Lensbaby 2.0 Canon EF Mount SLR Camera Lens (LB2C). Today it’s less than half the normal retail price.

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