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Lensbaby Composer Pro Lens
Lensbaby Composer Pro
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Sony 70-400mm f/4-5.6 G SSM II Lens
Sony 70-400mm f/4-5.6 G SSM II
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Voigtlander 21mm f/1.8 Ultron Lens
Voigtlander 21mm f/1.8 Ultron
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4 editorial reviews
The Lensbaby Composer Pro will cost you, but it's the company's most refined selective focus lens, and our Editors' Choice for special effect lenses.Read more
There are different kinds of tools for different kinds of jobs. And the lenses being offered by Lensbaby are certainly one of those photographic instruments, that can serve you very well, if only you know very well what you are trying to achieve. For the last two weeks I have had a chance to test the Lensbaby Composer Pro with the Sweet 50 Optic attached to my Fujifilm X-T1 and here are my findings. If you are nor familiar with the Lensbaby system of lenses, here is a short summary from the Lensbaby website: 'Lensbaby offers several interchangeable optics for the Composer Pro lens. Each optic produces a different creative effect. Start with a sweet spot of focus surrounded by dynamic blur then swap your optic to experiment with a sharp slice of focus bordered by smooth blur, a soft focus, or fun bokeh.' Basically, what you have to do is attach the Composer Pro Optic Swap lens body to the lens mount on your camera body (finally a couple of Lensbaby products are also available as Fujifilm X-mount versions!!) and then, attach one of their Optics on top of the Composer Pro. The final configuration (in my case with the SweetRead more
Lensbaby is a company that's been steadily pursuing its own unique course for the past seven years or so, making what it calls 'selective focus' lenses for SLRs that exhibit a distinctive low-fi aesthetic. The basic principle is to utilise optically simple lenses which are deliberately uncorrected for many aberrations, and therefore produce a sharp zone of focus (or 'sweet spot') in the center of the image field with ever-increasing blur outside it. This is combined with a flexible barrel, such that the lens can be tilted and the sweet spot moved around the frame, to focus on off-center subjects. The size of the sweep spot can be increased by using a smaller aperture.Read more
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The Sony 70-400mm F4-5.6 G SSM II offers more range than a standard telezoom lens, but sacrifices some light-gathering capability to get there.Read more
Full review of the Sony 70-400mm F/4-5.6 G SSM lens. Review includes center and corner sharpness, light fall-off, bokeh, coma, comparisons to other lenses, final thoughts and more.Read more
Looking for a Sony 70-400mm lens review? Read on to find out what we uncovered in our objective optical lab tests.Read more
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2 editorial reviews
The Voigtlander Ultron 21mm F1.8 is a wide-angle lens that captures a lot of light, but you'll have to stop down for edge-to-edge crispness.Read more
The Voigtlander 21 1.8 Lens Review by Steve Huff Thanks to new site sponsor CameraQuest for loaning me this lens and viewfinder for review. Hello to all whoRead more
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General

Lens typeNormalTelephoto
  • Normal
  • Wide angle
Lens mount
  • Canon EF
  • Four Thirds
  • Nikon F
  • Pentax K
  • Samsung NX
  • Sony A
Sony ALeica M

Image properties

Max Format size
Full-frame
Full-frame
Full-frame
Focal length< 5070 - 400< 21
Maximum magnification
N/A
0.27 x
N/A
Image stabilisation
N/A
no
N/A

Focus

Closest focusing distance0.451.50.5
Focus method
N/A
Internal
N/A
Autofocus
N/A
yesno
Autofocus motor type
N/A
Ultrasonic
N/A
Full-time Manual focusing
N/A
yesno
Distance scale
N/A
yesyes
Depth of field (DoF) scale
N/A
yesyes

Optics

ConstructionFixedZoomFixed
Tilt-Shift
  • Tilt
  • Shift
N/A
N/A
Elements
N/A
1813
Groups
N/A
1211
Power zoom
N/A
no
N/A
Zoom method
N/A
Turn
N/A
Special elements / coatings
N/A
N/A
Aspherical element

Dimensions

Weight3.7 oz52.91 oz14.53 oz
Filter size1.81 in3.03 in2.28 in
Diameter
N/A
3.72 in2.72 in
Length
N/A
7.72 in3.09 in