Tuesday, August 7, 2018

Lensbaby’s new Sol lens makes quirky images

Lensbaby lenses are known for being, well, weird, and the new Sol lens may be one of the weirdest yet. The Sol, which is available starting today for $199.95, is available in a 45mm focal length for Canon EF, Nikon F, Sony A, Pentax K, Sony E, and Fuji X mounts, and a 22mm version for Micro Four Thirds.

The Sol is a fully manual, fixed aperture (f/3.5) lens with some unique characteristics. Its fully manual operation, medium to longer focal length, and relatively slow aperture make its use cases rather limited — it’s basically a lens for portraits in good to great lighting, especially if you’re using it on a camera with an APS-C sized sensor instead of full frame.

But what makes it a Lensbaby is the Sol’s ability to move the point of...

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