Lensbaby Soft Focus Optic

by Lensbaby

Product Details

• Item Weight: 4.8 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B002TG3XY8
• Item model number: LBOSF
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: October 22, 2009

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

The Soft Focus Optic is part of the Lensbaby Optic Swap System, for use with the Lensbaby Composer, Muse and Control Freak. Soft Focus Optic images are overall soft and diffuse, while somewhat sharper in the center than at the edges. The Soft Focus Optic has a much flatter field of focus and does not have the sweet spot of sharp focus created by the Double Glass, Single Glass, and Plastic Optics.

The Soft Focus Optic works with standard Lensbaby apertures, but also comes with three special soft focus multi-hole apertures to make images that are simultaneously soft and sharp. Stack special soft focus apertures together or with standard Lensbaby apertures to vary the amount of softness. Multi-hole apertures work by combining the sharp center of the optic with a small portion of the soft edges of the optic to vary the balance between sharp and soft. When using the Soft Focus Optic, photographers typically point the lens straight ahead.

     

Soft Focus Optic Product Specs

• Focal Length: 50mm
• Creates images that are overall soft and diffuse, while somewhat sharper in the center than at the edges
• Degree of softness can be controlled by changing the special apertures, or stacking them with regular Lensbaby aperture disks
• Multi-coated optical glass doublet
• Less curved field of focus than other Lensbaby optics, suited for variety of soft focus applications
• Ships with hard storage case
• Ships with aperture case containing regular Lensbaby apertures and three special aperture disks
• Magnetic disk aperture system
• With multi-hole apertures, out-of-focus highlights can take on the shape of the holes in the aperture, and this can be used for creative effect; using a regular Lensbaby aperture will not produce these shapes

Recommended Lensbaby Accessories for use with Soft Focus Optic

• Lensbaby Accessory Kit (LBABUND)
• Lensbaby 0.42 Super Wide Accessory Lens (AWA42)
• Lensbaby Step-Up/Shade (LBASTEP)

Soft Focus Optic Box Contents

• Soft Focus Optic with brightest special soft focus aperture disk installed
• Hard storage case
• Aperture case containing f/2.8 through f/22 apertures, as well as two special soft focus apertures
• Microfiber lens cloth
• User guide

Product Description

The Soft Focus Optic is part of the Lensbaby Optic Swap System, for use with Lensbaby’s Creative Effects SLR camera lenses, the Composer®, Muse®, and Control Freak™. Soft Focus Optic images are overall soft and diffuse and are designed for a variety of soft focus applications. Photographers can control the degree of softness by changing the apertures.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Sharper glass than the "Double Glass" optic, January 7, 2010

By 

Scott Tokar "Magician, Photographer, Author" (Orange County, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Lensbaby Soft Focus Optic (Electronics)

The Optic swap on this lens in sharper and clearer than the traditional double glass optic.

The soft focus is dreamy and this make a fun system funner!