Cine Gear 2008 - Lensbaby 3G for Video at FreshDV

Cine Gear 2008 - Lensbaby 3G for Video

Published by Matthew Jeppsen June 25th, 2008 in Cine Gear 2008, Interviews, News

Lensbaby 3G for Moving Images [5:00m]: Download

At one of the tents at Cine Gear Expo 2008 in Los Angeles, FreshDV stopped talked with the folks at Lensbaby, where DP Reed Harkness showed off the Lensbaby 3G on a compact Canon HV20 + Letus Mini adapter rig. He talked about how the Lensbaby can be used with a variety of lens mounts (including their new PL mount) to achieve a unique selective focus look with moving images. Finally Kirsten walked us through the available options and pricing of the 3G and accessories. Download the attached video or watch online at FreshTV.

FreshDV’s coverage of Cine Gear Expo 2008 is made possible by Cinevate

4 Responses to “Cine Gear 2008 - Lensbaby 3G for Video”

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1 George P. Schnyder Jun 25th, 2008 at 3:58 pm

I’d really like to see some moving images made with a lensbaby in front of an lens adapter. I’d also like to know if there is a way to get rid of the sweet-spot for some of the shoots, as it could then be used as a “normal” Lens also.

Is there anything floating around here? Or is here someone who made some footage with it?

-George
2 Matthew Jeppsen Jun 25th, 2008 at 4:38 pm

Hey George, from what I understand there is no way to remove the soft focus effect. There are some video examples on the website, click on the film reel to view them.
http://www.lensbabies.com
They also will be providing FreshDV with a Nikon-mount Lensbaby 3G and I’ll post some footage in next week or so.

Thanks,

-Matt Jeppsen
3 George P. Schnyder Jun 26th, 2008 at 1:02 am

Cool, will wait for the Test from you. Please also take a look if you can get the Sweetspot as big and Framefilling as possible. I know there will be this soft focus, but maybe you can get a big portion of the Picture Softfocus-free. Just like a not so intense unsharpening vignette.

Thanks for your Quick answer also,
Geroge
4 Sam Pardue Jun 26th, 2008 at 1:03 pm

Hi George,

All Lensbaby lenses have a curved field of focus, which is what create’s the round area of sharp in each image. You can control the size of the sharp area by stopping down the lens using Lensbaby’s disk apertures. At f/8 the sharp area is pretty big, and depending on your sensor size, you might be able to cover the entire image with sharp by stopping down even more. Lensbaby 3G and the Lensbaby 3G PL both come with aperture disks that go all the way to f/22.

Sincerely,

Sam Pardue
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