Hey there. So I'm completely new to this whole wonderful world of Lensbaby. And even though I've been taking photos as a hobby for about 3/4 years now, I'm pretty much a dunce when it comes to lenses and camera tech stuff in general. I've figured out a technique for getting very selective focus that gives an overall dreamy sort of look, as seen in my pictures that I included here. So what I've been doing is holding my Asahi Super-Takumar 1:1.8/55 lens in front of the camera body on my Canon EOS Rebel XTi, and angling it in order to get the kind of focus that I want. And I really love this technique and it's been working super well for me. But it seems like using a Lensbaby might just be a smarter way of going about it? Or at least more practical. It'd be nice to have the lens actually -attached- to the camera body. Sometimes it's hard to stabilize the lens when I'm holding it away from the camera. So. I'm thinking that the Muse would probably be the best option for the results I'm looking for. What I'm not sure of is which optic I should get to go along with it. I figured anything but the Double Glass. What I need/want from the lens and optic is to keep getting a similar look [light leaks, lens flares, distortion but the ability to get sharp focus on the areas I want while still having softness in other areas] to what I have been with my Pentax technique. Sorry if I rambled on for too long... but. Thanks for your help :) I'm pretty excited by the possibilities a Lensbaby could bring me... -Alie http://lensbaby.com/forum/read.php?9,97351,97351#msg-97351 Sun, 26 May 2013 00:40:24 -0700 Phorum 5.2.8 http://lensbaby.com/forum/read.php?9,97351,97382#msg-97382 http://lensbaby.com/forum/read.php?9,97351,97382#msg-97382
Bending is all of these techiniques ....we all have to figure out "HOW" to attach items to our Benders .....Evolution has always been the key to this aRtform !

Welcome .....]]> ranfoto How Do You Do That? Sat, 24 Jan 2009 17:24:06 -0800 http://lensbaby.com/forum/read.php?9,97351,97373#msg-97373 http://lensbaby.com/forum/read.php?9,97351,97373#msg-97373
If you want to have a look into tilt/shift without paying too much, you may have a look at rugift.com. Google also the hartblei lens.]]> rannestad How Do You Do That? Sat, 24 Jan 2009 14:52:29 -0800 http://lensbaby.com/forum/read.php?9,97351,97370#msg-97370 http://lensbaby.com/forum/read.php?9,97351,97370#msg-97370
By the way, the LB Doublet glass optic is very sharp in the sweet spot area.

Igor]]> igorsv How Do You Do That? Sat, 24 Jan 2009 14:37:42 -0800 http://lensbaby.com/forum/read.php?9,97351,97369#msg-97369 http://lensbaby.com/forum/read.php?9,97351,97369#msg-97369

-Alie]]> niceparabola How Do You Do That? Sat, 24 Jan 2009 14:29:56 -0800 http://lensbaby.com/forum/read.php?9,97351,97351#msg-97351 http://lensbaby.com/forum/read.php?9,97351,97351#msg-97351
I've figured out a technique for getting very selective focus that gives an overall dreamy sort of look, as seen in my pictures that I included here.

So what I've been doing is holding my Asahi Super-Takumar 1:1.8/55 lens in front of the camera body on my Canon EOS Rebel XTi, and angling it in order to get the kind of focus that I want. And I really love this technique and it's been working super well for me.

But it seems like using a Lensbaby might just be a smarter way of going about it? Or at least more practical. It'd be nice to have the lens actually -attached- to the camera body. Sometimes it's hard to stabilize the lens when I'm holding it away from the camera.

So. I'm thinking that the Muse would probably be the best option for the results I'm looking for. What I'm not sure of is which optic I should get to go along with it. I figured anything but the Double Glass.

What I need/want from the lens and optic is to keep getting a similar look [light leaks, lens flares, distortion but the ability to get sharp focus on the areas I want while still having softness in other areas] to what I have been with my Pentax technique.

Sorry if I rambled on for too long... but. Thanks for your help :) I'm pretty excited by the possibilities a Lensbaby could bring me...


-Alie]]> niceparabola How Do You Do That? Sat, 24 Jan 2009 10:13:59 -0800