Lensbaby 2.0 - Manual

Thank you for purchasing a Lensbaby ™
Lens! With a little practice you will be
able to find the sweet spot of focus
quickly and intuitively.
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Asked Questions.
One good way to hold your camera
while using your Lensbaby is to have
the middle two fingers of both hands
evenly spaced on opposite sides of
the Focusing Collar. The pinkie fingers
steady the camera below the lens, while
the thumb and index fingers grip the
top of the camera. This hand position
helps hold the lens steady while leav-
ing the right index finger free to hit the
shutter release.
1 Hand position
Make any needed adjustments to
your diopter prior to mounting your
Lensbaby.
In normal position, your Lensbaby focus-
es approximately 2 feet ahead. To focus
further than 2 feet away, partly com-
press your Lensbaby until the subject
is in focus. To focus on subjects closer
than 2 feet push gently on the back of
the Focusing Collar.
TIP: Start shooting at the f/4 or f/5.6
aperture which have a greater depth of
focus and a larger sweet spot.
2 Focusing Technique
extended
partly compressed
Once you have brought your subject into
focus you can move the “sweet spot” of
focus around the photo by bending the
lens left, right, up, & down. The general
rule of thumb is to bend the Lensbaby
towards the area of the picture that you
wish to have in focus. For instance, to
bring the upper left corner of the photo
into focus, bend your Lensbaby towards
that corner. If the whole picture is out
of focus, you may have bent too far or
compressed too much, so back off a
little and see how it looks.
3 Moving the “sweet spot”
left
right
4 Changing apertures
(Lensbaby 2.0)
Your Original Lensbaby arrives with
an f/4 Aperture Disk installed, but
in seconds you can switch to one of
three additional settings. To change
your aperture, slip the Ring Removal
Tool under the Rubber Washer and
pry it out. The aperture tool will not
harm the uncoated glass optic. Tip
your Original Lensbaby over and the
f/4 Aperture Disk will fall out. Then,
drop the new Aperture Disk in and
gently but firmly push the Rubber
Washer back in. (Yes, that is a
recycled Kodak
® film canister lid.)
5 Changing apertures
(Original Lensbaby)
Your Lensbaby 2.0 arrives with an f/4
Aperture Disk installed. We recommend
that you start shooting with the f/4 or
f/5.6 Aperture Disk as the greater depth
of field and larger sweet spot make
learning easier. To change your aperture,
simply touch the tip of your Magnetic
Aperture Removal Tool to the Aperture
Disk and lift it out. Then just drop a new
Aperture Disk into the lens. The Aperture
Disk will snap into place, suspended above
the coated doublet by a shielded magnetic
field that does not affect anything outside
your Lensbaby 2.0.
Aperture Disk
Magnetic Aperture
Removal Tool
Aperture
Storage Case
Focusing Collar
Lensbaby 2.0
Rubber Washer
Ring Removal Tool
Aperture Disk
Aperture
Storage Case
Focusing Collar
Original Lensbaby
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