30 DAYS OF DEALS // DAY TEN
Get some fantastic effects this holiday with Lensbaby! These small, light-weight attachable lenses mount directly onto your SLR or mirror-less camera body and create a a sweet spot of focus surrounded by gradual blur. Each specific lens works with an entire list of compatible camera bodies.
Lensbaby lenses have interchangeable optics. Each one comes
with an optic installed– and can be replaced
with any of their seven other optics. Texas Photo has used Lensbaby to create great images, especially on safari and most recently at the Arboretum. Pick up the new Spark Lensbaby for only $80.
30 DAYS OF DEALS // DAY SIX
The awesome elves at Brads Deals have found one of the lowest prices on a beautiful Nikon D5100 DSLR kit with not one– but two lenses– for $827 and free shipping for your holiday gift giving. The extra lens here is a high-quality Nikkor 55-300 telephoto lens that
retails for $400. You'll also get a 32GB memory card, a tripod, a
cleaning kit and a gadget bag. If you want to skip the telephoto lens,
you can get the camera with one lens and everything else in this bundle
for $577. Enter the code BRADSEXTRA50 at Beach Camera or see complete details at Brads Deals.
Continuing with the camera effects theme from my last two posts – here are some options on attachable lenses that create effects. Photographer Chung Dha shows the basics of free lensing or lens wacking which involves shooting images through an old camera lens to create lens tilt and light leak effects. A Bokeh kit can also make interesting effects and utilizes a circular piece with a cut-out shape that attaches to the front of the camera. Jelly Lens makes effect lenses for camera phones, and Lensbaby lenses work with digital SLR cameras. Angilee uses Lensbaby quite a bit, and finds that they deliver results as beguiling as the plastic cameras, but without the wait or inconsistencies.
"The tilts, point of sharpness and breadth of shallow depth of field are unique to Lensbaby. Somehow this lens simultaneously references many of the camera formats I love--the playful and poetic qualities of plastic cameras, the distortion of a pinhole and the realm of ambiguity achievable through a view camera's bellows."
Above and below are just a few examples of Angilee's Lensbaby work.
