anyone have experience using this? and where can we get this here?

what is that

the device to enable u to make selective focus

google up bro.. or just log on to flickr and search photos related to lens babies. awesome man! for an elcheapo device.

Their proper name is Lensbabies

More info here http://www.lensbabies.com/

haha.. i know that la.. i've been in the photography scene since 2001.. it's jsut that baby lens sounds cuter to me.

ic..
so the device can move the lens rite?
pretty cool!

thanks BTW..

here's the info for the uninformed.

http://www.fourthirdsphoto.com/blog/?p=96

I saw some in the KL Photo Fest 2007, forgot the name of the shop. However the price was quite expensive compared to if we order from lensbabies.com and convert US to Ringgit now.


Also saw quite a few in Bandung, Indonesia, and Singapore should have them readily in stock in Peninsula Plaza.

It is initially difficult to use, but hey just buy it, then carry it with you in your bag all the time and get used to it. If not I'm sure somebody in Malaysia will buy it. The quality is nowhere near a tilt-shift lens and you'll only have a tiny sweet spot. It can be difficult on a APS-C dSLR plus I found that I could only use it at a certain range to get things in the sweet spot.

There is a budget option, which is to reverse a front-mounted wide-angle converter like I have done here. Plus it works with autofocus!

http://www.glaringnotebook.com/default.asp?id=813

how does a lensbaby with autofocus works? i wouldnt wanna give a slight imagination

anyway thanx dude. i've seen some at simlim before, that was around 2005. but i bet it's cheaper getting it from the US.

Actually, there is a software to do such. I've seen my friend play with it. Will ask him for more info.

http://www.fourthirdsphoto.com/blog/?p=96

read this. i know photoshop also can do this.. but it doesnt have the same feel.

This was with a kit lens (which can AF) with a wide-angle converter reversed in front:



Just to clarify that this method can AF while a lensbaby can't. Also, the level of warping changes depending on focus, distance, and how near it is to the sweet spot.

albnok, can u give me details on how to reverse the front-mounted wide angle converter? as in illustration of it?

thanks.

i m using the lensbaby 3g...
it's fun!
but super hard to get sharp images under low light...
still...it's fun to use!
and i got it cheap!
so y wait...i bought it la! =)

dgrebel: Go to any camera shop, look for those cheapo "Digital 0.75x" or something wideangle converters.

Put your eye to the front and look through it. Do you see the effect as you move and swivel it about? Then hold that in front of your camera and lens.

bro try check this out...

http://cgi.ebay.com.my/NEW-Lens-Baby-for-M...ksid=p1638.m122

CA is very very bad

woow...nice effect there.... roughly how much if converted to our money?

these lenses are quite expensive leh
the last time i saw it at cathay photo at singapore, i was shocked!

with this you can do selective focusing like those large format cameras quite a great piece of lens to have the Lensbaby 3G is the one to have

Oh yeah. shashinki selling at 750 i think. Its not that expensive. I thought its gonna be more than 1k the down side of this lens is its only MF

750 is still ok price ler...considering it gives a special effect other lenses cant give...