{"id":2654,"date":"2010-01-03T17:59:28","date_gmt":"2010-01-03T09:59:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ndroo.com\/blog\/?p=2654"},"modified":"2010-01-12T18:16:50","modified_gmt":"2010-01-12T10:16:50","slug":"lb-soft-focus-optic-analogue-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fuzzyeyeballs.com\/blog\/?p=2654","title":{"rendered":"LB Soft Focus Optic : Analogue Test"},"content":{"rendered":"

After some initial test with my DSLR, I decided to try out the Lensbaby Soft Focus Optic (SFO) on my cheap old film SLR. I know that the Lensbaby lenses can work very well on that SLR but I was a little worried about the metering when using the SFO. This is because of the many weird ‘holes’ (ie. apertures) on the aperture disc. I found my SLR already loaded with a roll of Reala 100 film and had a few shots already taken … and took me a while to remember that those few shots in there were also test shots on the Lensbaby. Those 3 shots were taken using a modified plastic optic on the Composer. If you had read some of my earlier posts, I did replace the original lens on the plastic optic with a Diana lens … but then later I planted a Gakkenflex lens on it instead. So those 3 shots were test shots using the Gakkenflex lens (married to the Lensbaby Composer) on my SLR.<\/p>\n

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The dreamy feel it produces is really cool!<\/em><\/p>\n

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Hmm. Maybe I should have added a thin border for those 2 photos above. The white wall seems to have almost vanished with my white background.<\/em><\/p>\n

The SFO test shots were done in a hurry at Dempsey Rd because the sky wasn’t looking very ‘helpful’ that day. One moment it was bright and the next it looked like it was about to rain. I ended up with many random test shots before heading to a micro brewery nearby for 2 pints of Monster Green beer. What’s Monster Green? Check out Red Dot Brewhouse link here<\/a> for more info. Wonder why only 2 pints? That’s part of my new year resolution to cut down (lots) on booze. \ud83d\ude00 I made it!<\/p>\n

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As you can see … I did the test on various subjects with various focal length. I think the focusing with the SFO ain’t as difficult as I thought it would be. However, with some bending (that’s what Lensbabies are about!) the sweet spot (sharp(er) area) gets a little more challenging to see (with my fuzzy eyeballs). Still it is very fun to play with!<\/em><\/p>\n

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Like I mentioned in the previous entry (test shots with the SFO during sunrise), white glaring spots will result in some cool ‘flower’ shaped effects … all thanks to the weird aperture ‘holes’.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Not sure why this one turned out this way (overexposed?) but I it seems to be my favourite from the roll. LOL!<\/em><\/p>\n

These below are the 3 test shots (done a couple of weeks back) using the Gakkenflex lens planted on the Composer …<\/p>\n

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Pretty neat eh? I think I’ll be using the Gakkenflex lens on the Composer more often.<\/p>ngg_shortcode_0_placeholder

I also did a few test shots with the Lensbaby Fisheye optic on digital to test how well my old eyes can do manual focus. \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n

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After some initial test with my DSLR, I decided to try out the Lensbaby Soft Focus Optic (SFO) on my cheap old film SLR. I know that the Lensbaby lenses can work very well on that SLR but I was a little worried about the metering when using the SFO. … <\/p>\n

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