This here’s my second piece of glass from creative company Lensbaby, the same group of folks responsible for the Muse (reviewed by yours truly). The Scout is Lensbaby’s only fixed lens. That is to say it walks with other lenses that use a standard issue focusing ring as opposed to a compress-to-focus accordion-style body. I received the lens a week ago, and I’ve had some to take it out for a test run on the streets of New York City. Here are my first impressions.
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Yesterday, we gave you guys the news about the new fisheye digital camera on IndieGogo. It is a new project from student Greg Dash in an effort to create a super cheap and super tiny fisheye point and shoot camera. In the video, we see that there is no LCD screen and very few buttons. So how do you control it? A lot of the controls are preset via the USB port when it is hooked up to your computer.
Hit the jump for the video and let us know what you think.
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ERMMGGAWWDD!!! It’s so tiny and so cute! Look at it: it’s like a little cyclops. Greg Dash has created a campaign on IndieGogo to produce the world’s first ultra small and ultra affordable fisheye camera. The little lens has a 170 degree field of view and can shoot anything from 2MP to 12MP images. Plus it can record HD video and includes a time lapse mode from 1 second to 7 days. Yes, we just said seven days: that’s some truly insane battery life. No word on anything more about the lens except that it is an f3.5 wide angle and that the sensor is a CMOS sensor.
But in order to do it, he’s going to need to raise £35,000 to cover the costs of manufacture of the miniscule camera. Backers will be rewarded with a camera from one of the first shipment of cameras at a reduced price. You can read more about the project on IndieGoGo.
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Recently, reader Iulian Marcu sent us a couple of photos from his recent trip to Spain. As we’ve discovered in photographing and large cities, a fisheye lens can be very instrumental and give you loads of creative effects and views that you wouldn’t have otherwise. Mr. Marcu did just that as he travelled throughout the city of León. Originally from Romania, he spent eight months in Spain where he documented the photogenic city as an enthusiast photographer. Iulian’s photos also help to prove that it’s the photographer that creates the images, not the gear–as his modest setup includes a Nikon D90 and a fisheye lens. Black and white photos seem to be his favorite. Take a look at his photos after the jump or feel free to peruse his Flickr, 500PX, Google + and blog.
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What’s classier than a Diana F+ loaded up with some slide film and slung around the neck? Nothing, if it happens to be one of the new Champagne Editions! Lomography has rolled out four new special edition cameras that are being minted in conjunction with the celebration of their 20th anniversary. The new variants have a cork and velvet finish; perfect for classing it up at a local wine tasting event or one of the company’s awesome parties. Just don’t get them soaked; we all know what happens when cork gets soaked, right?
Get your hands on more info on these pretty little things through the Lomography store directly!
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Over a very long period of time, the staff of The Phoblographer have reviewed countless lenses. Most notably though, we’ve reviewed a version of nearly ever Rokinon lens produced to date. Because we’ve been generally very happy with the production quality, we’ve compiled a guide to their lenses consisting of the reviews we’ve done.
Looking for some affordable prime lenses with some very good image quality? This guide has you covered whether you’re looking for a Rokinon Lens or Samyang lens.
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