{"id":8528,"date":"2015-04-21T16:58:59","date_gmt":"2015-04-21T08:58:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fuzzyeyeballs.com\/blog\/?p=8528"},"modified":"2020-03-11T10:01:06","modified_gmt":"2020-03-11T02:01:06","slug":"sexy-shiny-silver-lensbaby-velvet-56","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fuzzyeyeballs.com\/blog\/?p=8528","title":{"rendered":"Sexy, Shiny, Silver – Lensbaby Velvet 56!"},"content":{"rendered":"

The fun people at Lensbaby teased us with some images (of bits and pieces of a new product) lately and when it was finally launched … I knew I was in trouble. Not only the new Velvet 56 lens seemed a whole lot of fun … but it comes with a silver version too!<\/p>\n

I was a little disappointed (and perhaps a little happy that I might be able to save some money by not buying it) when I saw that the silver edition doesn’t come in Pentax mount (only Nikon and Canon ones were available). I wrote to them to ask if there is any chance to order a silver one for my Pentax DSLR and they promptly told me that they could get one done for me! Yes! A few days of waiting and finally this new shiny sexy lens arrived.<\/p>\n

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Now this seems like a premium lens … as the packaging (box) seemed to feel more ‘premium’ than those the usual lenses from them came in. Oh … one thing I noticed is that there isn’t the cute text greeting me ‘MAMA!’ when I opened up the box. Oh wait … was it ‘PAPA!’ or is it just my failing memory playing tricks on me?<\/p>\n

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Some very nice\u00a0images taken with this lens are plastered on the box.\u00a0Great … this means I can take such nice photos with this lens. Hahahahaha! What do you mean it is the photographer and not the lens?!! \ud83d\ude41<\/p>\n

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Sitting\u00a0comfortably on some paddings … the sexy Velvet 56!
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What usually is something I don’t give a damn about … the lens cap … appeared to be something I DO care about.\u00a0The lens cap is beautiful! Made\u00a0out of metal (like the lens\u00a0barrel) … it is a piece of art by itself!\u00a0Now this is giving me some stress as I do not ever wanna lose it.<\/p>\n

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The lens weighs a\u00a0fair bit and feels super solid. Can’t wait to go try it out this weekend.
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The recessed front makes a lens hood unnecessary and\u00a0the lens has a 62mm filter thread in case you wanna use one on it.<\/p>\n

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The lens extends quite a fair bit when focusing (manually of course) at the closest distance.<\/p>\n

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Okay … that’s all for now. I’ll give this baby a test drive this coming weekend and share the photos.<\/p>\n

For more information about the Velvet 56 … do check out Lensbaby’s website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Check out this review <\/a>where it was named the Editor’s Choice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The fun people at Lensbaby teased us with some images (of bits and pieces of a new product) lately and when it was finally launched … I knew I was in trouble. Not only the new Velvet 56 lens seemed a whole lot of fun … but it comes with … <\/p>\n

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