If you own an SLR and have a single ounce of creative curiosity in your body, you should probably think about trying out a Lensbaby. I bought myself the Composer as a birthday gift a year and a half back and it's crazy fun. And if you're considering buying one, then as of today there's one more lens to choose from.
The Composer Pro is a refined version of the Composer, itself a capable lens. Like all Lensbabies, the Composer Pro twists and turns the front of the lens to blur all but a small sweet-spot, which stays in sharp focus. The Pro version swaps out the plastic ball-and-socket mechanism for a metal one, and has a fluid-damped focus ring. I never have any problem with the tilting ball, but I could certainly appreciate a heavier, more accurate focusing ring.
Like the regular composer, you can swap in different chunks of glass, or “optics”. The Pro can be had with either the regular double-glass optic, which has a focal length of 50mm and requires you to drop in magnetic disks to swap apertures. The Sweet 35 optic is wider, at 35mm, and has a proper aperture ring for dialing in the size of the lens hole.
The price for this pro-level way to make your photos all grungy? $300 with the double-glass optic and $400 with the Sweet 35. And you can still pick up the regular Composer for $250 with double glass.
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