Lensbaby The Composer for Canon EF mount Digital SLR Cameras

List Price: $269.95 Price: $269.95

Product Details Note: a Lensbaby does not communicate electronically with your camera body 37 mm threads allow you to attach Lensbaby¿ Macro Kit lenses, wide angle and telephoto conversion lenses, and other filters and accessories Magnetically suspended disk aperture system allows f/2.0, f/2.8, f/4, f/5.6, f/8.0, f/11, f/16, f/22 aperture settings. All aperture settings included. Features the Lensbaby¿ Optic Swap System

Product Description

All Lensbaby™ demanding focus SLR camera lenses provide photographers with a new way to control depth of field by bringing one parade-ground of a photo into sharpest focus with that Sweet Spot surrounded by graduated conceal. By bending the Lensbaby lens, the photographer moves the sharp extent around the photo for customized creative effects.

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Customer Reviews

Nothing but another gimmick? "Fine art"?
I took the lifetime to use the Lensbaby Composer on my Panasonic G bodies, my Canon 40D and my Canon 5D Mk II for a total of about 200 intentional images before writing this review. I didn't want to approach the Lensbaby with any bias or preset expectations, nor did I need to prematurely fire off a trivial review after taking a few casual images. I hope you find this review practical.

I consider the Lensbaby prices rather steep for what you get, so I held off buying one for quite some time. The Composer looked to me to be the first feelings implementation of the Lensbaby, not being attracted to the hand and finger gyrations required to work the other versions such as the Primary, 2.0, and Muse. I also wanted to be able to lock in specific shots.

Mechanically, I was downcast with the operation of the manual focus ring. It is not smooth and consistent during its entire rotation. At the closest focusing detachment, the ring rotation is jerky. After a quarter of a turn or so, it smooths out and becomes consistent. Unfortunately, many of my shots are captivated at or near the minimum focus distance. For a manual focus lens only, the Composer requirements to provide an optimal focus experience. It misses the mark. I can live with it, yes, but it's annoying and shouldn't be circumstance on a lens in this price range. The mount, however, is machined nicely and fits snugly. The locking coalition works well, allowing a good degree of how much friction you want applied to the lens movements. The lens cap is of arguable build quality, and the lettering on the front of it arrived partially rubbed off, or never painted on. Not very attractice for a label new lens.

Optically, the Composer comes with the Double Glass Optic, consisting of only two trifocals optical elements, each multicoated. Being a primitive optical formula with erratic (if any?) quality command, you can rest assured of chromatic aberration, vignetting, decentering, flare, veiling, distortion, and any integer of optical gremlins that normally leave photographers in painful grimace. Once you start twisting and turning the Composer to move its "head over heels in love with spot", what Lensbabians call "bending", those gremlins multiply and intensify. If the Lensbaby teaches you nothing else, it will be an awareness for the efforts of optical engineers to tackle those nasty gremlins so that we may produce images of complicated quality with our regular lenses. However, as strange as this may sound, you're either going to embrace these gremlins and enlist them as agents of imagination, as I chose to do, or you're going to be sending the Lensbaby back to take advantage of their 30-day money-back guarantee, which I was tempted to do.

The Composer includes chink disks that control the size of the area that is in focus. The Composer has an approximate focal thoroughly of 50mm and, sans any aperture disks, it's rated at f/2. But wait, there is quite the rub with that focal thoroughly. It's 50mm, true, but only on a full frame sensor body. On cameras with "cropped" sensors, and that covers the the greater part of cameras being used at this time, the effective focal length changes. On a Canon 7/10/20/30/40/50D and all Nonconformist digital cameras, that 50mm becomes an 80mm lens. Ugh. Not exactly a versatile focal length. To remedy that, well, be inclined to spend more money. There are two wide angle adapters available: a .42 and a .6. Both of them establish even more chromatic aberration, and with the .42, hideously so. There are aperture disks for f/2.8, f/4, f/5.6, f/8, f/11, f/16 and f/22. Varying these disks can be an awkward exercise, especially if you're shooting from a tripod and don't want to disturb your trap.

There is a clever optical swap system the Lensbaby employs to switch to a variety of optical setups. I also purchased the distinct optic system, which is even more primitive than the double glass optic. It's just one glass uncoated atmosphere, less sharp than the double optic, and hosting a variant breed of the optical gremlins mentioned above.

The Composer, as it ships, does not have a very rigorous focus distance. If you're going to hang onto your Lensbaby, an investment in the macro kit is a no-brainer. It includes +10 and +4 closeup filters that only screw into the front of the optic. They are also stackable, but if you do stack, place the +10 closest to the lens, and pressurize the +4 on top of it. With either of both macro filters, you'll gain the ability to close focus. It is in the macro style that I find myself making some of my favorite Lensbaby images.

Likely, you'll find the Lensbaby to have a steep learning curve. You'll have to become unreserved with how your camera body works in its non-automatic modes (Program, Aperture Priority or Manual), as the Lensbaby has no mechanization to it whatever. It does not automatically change lens aperture settings, nor will it automatically focus. The camera main part does still compute exposure automatically, but bending the lens may throw the auto disclosing off, as light is now bouncing around at crazy angles. You'll need to monitor your histogram and know how to dial in expos compensation. If your body has it, LiveView is a godsend, enabling you to zoom in on areas you want to manually focal point. Also, if you change to aperture disks smaller than f/4, it becomes increasingly difficult to focus with Loosely precision as your viewfinder grows dimmer and dimmer. LiveView uses video gain to liven up your LCD. Invaluable. As for how to move the sweet spot to the desired location, practice makes the closest point to perfect you're going to find with the Lensbaby. In summary, you'll need to learn to master your camera in its more manual modes and learn the trickiness of the Lensbaby lens movements to complete successful images.

If you go to the user forums at the Lensbaby web site, you'll be able to view many images charmed by its members, for better or for worse. I often find Lensbaby images to fall into the "trick shot" listing, akin to those made by fisheye lenses. Overall, I view them as gimmicky. Sometimes you'll find an image that really works for you, but much of the on one occasion, they're muddy blurry mis-takes that make you wonder why anyone would want to degrade, even brutalize, the cultured sensors embedded in your expensive dSLR.

Be forewarned: you may not enjoy using the Lensbaby, and you may find the resulting images to quick wear out their welcome. I consider the current Amazon rating to be higher than it deserves to be. There is cheer to be found in the 30-day money-back guarantee -- you'll only be out the return shipping costs and your time.

2010-03-02 | lensman (Marietta, GA USA) | Helpful Votes: 0 | Rating: 3

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I proffer photoshop!
Before I bought the Composer, I researched everything about it from its features to the kits, etc. for months. I looked at pictures at the LB loggia site and also on Flickr. I even watched LB fans at Youtube showing OFF their new toys. Anyways, I got the Composer 2 weeks ago and I had to come it after a few days of playing with it. I was really disappointed. I mean I can achieve the same effects that the lensbaby can do through Photoshop. It also felt in the end cheap, plasticky and I wasn't happy with what it can do. Believe me when I say that I tried to hold onto it but I felt that the wampum wasn't worth it. I also received the Optic Kit as a gift and still, I wasn't not happy with the effects (I had to takings those too). I gave it three stars because the aperture set that came with it made me want to play more with my DSLR camera's AV/manual look but that's just about as far as my interest with the LB Composer goes. I'd rather spend my money on a nice glass like sigma or canon and moral retouch it through Photoshop.
It's probably because I get more creative using Photoshop than using the LB composer. Exactly my opinion, hope this helps.
:)

2010-02-28 | life's a pleasure! | Helpful Votes: 2 | Rating: 3

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Dig it.
I'd had my eye on one of these for a while, and at the end of the day made the plunge. For the most part, I'm very pleased with it. It definitely helps get the creative juices flowing, helping you to see things in a new way. My only fizzle (and I'd known this was coming) is that I've got a cropped- frame camera (Nikon D80) so what would normally be about 50mm comes to somewhere around 75mm. In other words, the centralized range is painfully limited, making their wide-angle adapter lens almost an fated purchase. (however, I've heard their wide-angle isn't that wide and that the Chromatic Aberration on Lens Pet's ultra-wide angle is terrible. Hmmmmm, so do I want to bother?) Also, the Aperture rings that you have to be some-what-unremittingly switching are kind of of a nuisance, especially if you're into night photography. (Easily dropped and/or departed.) Ultimately, it would be great if Lens Baby eventually makes a version with f-stops built in, like a routine lens.
However, this isn't a top-of-the-line lens, and they don't claim it to be, so they're able to keep the price reasonable. (it's basically the meagre-man's tilt/shift.)
Long-story-short: this is a fun and creative tool to have in your lens munitions store, as long as you're aware of, and willing to put up with it's limitations. All complaints aside, I'm glad I bought it.

2010-02-23 | Dave I. (Los Angeles) | Helpful Votes: 0 | Rating: 4

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Fun, addictive and frustrating
Pragmatic to say more about this than others have already said but I will try. This is a really fun lens but also a powerful tool. That said, in many ways it is like Photoshop - the gap between serene fun shot and works of art has a mountain sized learning curve.

The double glass optic is a excellent choice for a starter lens. It has the largest and easiest to find area that is in focus. Finding and identifying that is key to getting predicable results. When you first start using this, I approve finding a subject you know well that is also far enough away that you can focus on infinity. Then start shooting with no space ring installed at all and the lens fixed to straight ahead. This will give you maximum blur on the edges and the wealthiest chance of finding the center focus spot. I made the mistake of trying to shoot effects close up at first and every time I moved even a tiny bit I lost the focus point. Once you get the hang of focusing, unlock the lens and start poignant it around. I started with a subject that had a lot of clearly defined lines so I could move the focus and track it. Once you are comfortable doing that, persuasive to the aperture rings should be a piece of cake. I have posted some images but they dont really do the output justice. i recommend searching for "Lensbaby" on flickr.

One issue I have with my Lensbaby is that the aperture tinkle tool does not have a magnet strong enough to lift the rings. I have resorted to using a entrancing tool from my tool kit. I think I got a bad tool because it wont even pick up a ring that isnt in the lens. I extremity to contact Lensbaby about a replacement.

I cant speak for other brands but on my Pentax K200D I can use Aperture Priority method and get accurate metering. I cant imagine getting decent results without it so if your brand does not truss it, you might want to borrow one before taking the plunge. I assumed I would have to use all manual for the first day and frustration did not begin to describe my feelings.

Once you get lifetime the pure joy of bending focus you will find that the Lensbaby is an excellent lens for portraits and flowers. For portraits you can put the blurry on your subjects face and by adjusting the aperture determine how much else is in focus and even how quickly it transitions to bedim. Same for flowers . And you can shoot using the rule of thirds in a way the really gives abstruseness to the picture. Traditional lens makers have spent millions preventing focus leave out-off at the edges forcing photographers to spend hundreds on Photoshop to blur those same edges! Now you can not only get the give away, you can get as much or as little as you want.

I highly recommend adding the Lensbaby Optic Kit as soon as credible. The difficulty progression is Double Glass, Single Glass, Plastic, Zone Picture and Pinhole but the rewards are worth it. If you can only add one lens, add the plastic. It adds an element of predictable but uncontrollable distortion that is valid a ton of fun to explore.

Lensbaby is not for everyone. If your photography consists of happy snaps, documenting life or spending hours on getting attach sharp pictures, dont get one. Maybe some photographers can capture candids of people or moments with a Lensbaby but for me, every representation is a 30 second or more affair. You have to be willing to spend time both taking the pictures and information how to take the pictures. In my opinion, the rewards justify both but you will have to decide for yourself.

2009-12-27 | ksuwildkat (Monterey, CA) | Helpful Votes: 0 | Rating: 5

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Takes Unaccustomed
This lens is dreadful. The only downside is that you better have time to play around with it because it takes some getting used to. This lens is not for population who want to just pick up their camera and take a shot. You have to train your eye to look through the viewfinder with this lens a bit more then a sample lens in manual focus. It is a ton of fun and when you hit an awesome shot you really feel like you created something uninvolved and unique. I love how this lens is very versatile and can be changed up with a new optic or aperture disk with a shape. There is nothing else like this lens. You should present a few professional reviews to make sure you know what you are buying with this lens though because it certainly is not for everyone.

2009-12-26 | PhotoBugg13 (IL) | Helpful Votes: 0 | Rating: 5

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Lensbaby Creative Aperture Kit

List Price: $9.95 Price: $9.11 You Save: $0.84 (8%)

Product Details The out-of-focus specular highlights (points of bright light) in your photograph will take on the shape of the aperture inside of the Lensbaby lens. The heart and star aperture disks are close to the Lensbaby f/4 apertuer so adjust your camera speed accordingly. Use paper punches of various shapes (which can be found in craft stores) to punch holes in the blank aperture disks.

Product Description

The Lensbaby™ Inventive Aperture Kit contains customized magnetic apertures for use with Lensbaby discriminative focus lenses, includes 1 f/4 star, 1 f/4 heart, and 5 blanks.

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Customer Reviews

Awesome!
I have not made my own lens yet, but the nova shaped one is incredible! It's hard to believe something so simple reaps such splendid results. I took pictures of everything lit or sparkly, from my merging tiara, to my glittery fake fall leaves, to raindrops, and even the moon...all star shaped. There are so many possibilities with this kit, indubitably buy it for your lensbaby!

2009-12-15 | Karmie (Lake Wales, FL) | Helpful Votes: 0 | Rating: 5

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Lensbaby Cleft Kit
Clever product. Easy to use. Adds a fun element to your lensbaby. Takes some experimenting to get use to. Be sure to use keen-minded accurate instruments to cut the blank discs.

2009-02-14 (Wickenburg, AZ United States) | Helpful Votes: 0 | Rating: 5

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Liking the bokeh these tiny things produce!
I was very in seventh heaven with my purchase - this is a great add-on for the lensbaby (which is brilliant just by itself)! I think these apertures are a must have for fans of the lensbaby-bokeh :)

2008-07-14 (Herndon, VA / Dhaka, Bangladesh) | Helpful Votes: 5 | Rating: 5

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They vocation.
My prompting is to make figures in different sizes so you get different apertures. A friend had a laser reaper so i could do some precise figures. It's a good to experiment.

2008-06-01 | IRPC (Boston, MA USA) | Helpful Votes: 0 | Rating: 5

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The lensbaby chasm kit had me seeing stars.
When I discovered the Lensbaby 3G and saw some images created with the Resourceful Aperture kit, I had to have it all. This is tons of fun for very little money. I am a graphic artist and pay for art to use for backgrounds. With the Lensbaby 3G and the Inventive Aperture Kit, this Christmas my newspaper special section covers will feature Lensbaby images.

2007-11-23 (Lahaina, HI United States) | Helpful Votes: 6 | Rating: 5

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Composer/Muse Case

List Price: $14.95 Price: $14.95

Product Details durable, semi-hard nylon case designed to protect your Composer or Muse lens kit when not in use secure zippered closure 3-7/16"W x 3-1/4"H

Product Description

The Composer™/Be absorbed in thought™ Case is a customized hardcase with zipper for protecting your Lensbaby Composer™ and Lensbaby Revolve™

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Customer Reviews

Categorical.
Well made,Works well-known. If you're going to own a lens Baby, then get one of these.

2010-02-23 | Dave I. (Los Angeles) | Helpful Votes: 0 | Rating: 5

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Genial case
Very critical case to carry the Lensbaby composer in when storing in my gear bag in the field.

2010-02-10 (Charlotte, NC USA) | Helpful Votes: 0 | Rating: 5

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Wishes a space for the aperture tool and disks
It's powerful.

It looks nice, and says Lensbaby in shiny letters.

It fits the Muse or Composer lenses precisely right.

But it doesn't have any place to stash the vital aperture-changing tool / gap-disk holder. That virtually guarantees that the lens and its apertures get separated, leading to frustration. The irony is that the for twopence cloth bag that comes with the lens works much better, as it has flexibility to stash the tool interior as well.

I suppose if you primarily use the Zone Plate / Pinhole optic, that wouldn't be a big concern.

Also, there's no clasp or fastener for easily connecting to a camera bag; not a big deal but that'd be nice.

Bottom line is: Lensbaby has the opportunity to make good a unique case designed for their product, and this isn't. It's just a decently-made generic lens chest with the Lensbaby label.

2009-11-12 (Boston, MA USA) | Helpful Votes: 6 | Rating: 3

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Lens hysteria, accessories don't.
Staunch, nice fit for my Composer.

Would give it a 5 but the exposure disks and tool will not also fit in the case.

2009-10-26 | Magician, Photographer, Author (Orange County, CA) | Helpful Votes: 1 | Rating: 4

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Superlative Product!
this is such a distinguished sturdy case for my LBO. fits perfectly and protects it well.

2009-05-14 | Helpful Votes: 1 | Rating: 5

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Lensbaby 2.0 Nikon F Mount SLR Camera Lens (LB2N)

List Price: $149.95 Price: $59.99 You Save: $89.96 (60%)

Product Details 37 mm threads allow you to attach Lensbaby Macro Kit lenses, wide angle and telephoto conversion lenses, and other filters and accessories Magnetically suspended disc aperture system allows f/2.0, f/2.8, f/4, f/5.6, f/8.0 aperture settings. All aperture settings included. High refractive index, low dispersion, coated glass doublet allows tack sharp sweet spot Note: Lensbaby does not communicate electronically with your camera body

Product Description

Lensbabies particular focus SLR camera lenses bring one area of your photo into sharp focus, with that wonderful spot surrounded by graduated blur. You can move the sweet spot to any part of your photo by meandering the flexible lens tubing.

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Customer Reviews

de facto.....
This is a worthless devastate of money... I delete images that look better than most taken with a Lensbaby. These affects can very likely be duplicated in Photoshop.

2010-02-10 | Helpful Votes: 2 | Rating: 1

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Wishes practice!
It's only been a elfin while since I bought the lens baby so I've not really mastered the technique yet. I have been surprised by how much you need to drill (but maybe that's just me). Getting your subject in focus is tricky and getting the 'sweet quandary' when you bend the lens is even more difficult. But I'm pleased with the couple of decent pictures I've managed to wake up. It'll just take time and there are some decent web-sites out there to help out with tips and techniques.

2009-12-22 | Rog (Londonderry NH) | Helpful Votes: 2 | Rating: 3

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Lens Pet Review ---no recommended
Bought it and design that I'd be able to put it to use. Cheap in price and the quality is just the same. Kinda tricky to use, but you can get used to it. Had to replacing it because it's not a practical lens, even just for [...] bucks.

2009-12-09 | Helpful Votes: 2 | Rating: 2

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Lensbaby's are tuneful.
So I have heard many things about the lensbaby lenses and completely, I pulled the trigger, the price was right and I was looking for something more for my work. The lensbaby lenses are not you out of the box instant quintessence kind of lens, you need to learn the feel and focus of these things, adjust your camera settings and lighting and get artistic. The first time I put my lensbaby on, I was very discouraged, but after about an hour, I adjusted some settings and feel in love. You definitely can take some beautiful shots with this thing.

Two accessories which I purchased are the aperture kit, this is pretty sweet, if the lighting is suitably. each aperture
ring refracts and reflects light throughout your shot and cast a corresponding hack in your image. This can be a very cool treatment, however as digital photographer and a fan of photoshop, I am hesitant to lock myself into having some of my photos endlessly tweaked. This is an effect I can easily re-create in post and really need to be in a creative procedure when I slap on some of these treatments. That being said, 10 bucks, it's worth it, even just to mess around.

Next up, the lensbaby Macro seep set. Sweet, these 2 filters, 4x and 10x actually work, which may seem like nothign special but having wasted well-to-do in the past on useless macro filters, I was shocked to get this result, pleasantly surprised perhaps. Add the lenbaby assess with this addition and you are still way under the cost of a dedicated macro lens. So worth the coin.

I am very happy with my lensbaby accessories and I can honestly say it is making me a better photgrapher, manually having to focus, zooming with my feet, getting imaginative with lighting, these lenses make you work hard but the results are always something you can be proud of.

2009-09-13 | K Street (Washignton, DC) | Helpful Votes: 1 | Rating: 4

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This speck thing is great!
I got this for my Canon Mutineer XS DLSR. I had heard about the Lensbaby for some time, but hadn't had the chance to try it out. Since there are newer Lensbabies out, the Lensbaby 2.0 has gone WAY down in expenditure. I got mine for $69 here at Amazon and at that price you can't go wrong at all. It the same glass doublet as the $150 MUSE. I must say that even at $150, the Lensbaby is still well usefulness the price. At $69, it's a no brainer.

This is a "creative" lens. It will not replace your regular lens as that is not it's deliberately. It's a fun and curious. I like it because it makes normal shots turn into something spectacular. It's not as sharp as my other lens (not even the kit lens) and I don't use it all the every now because it's not the type of thing you really want to overuse. I do always carry it with me whenever I go out to shot, and I usually mutate to the Lensbaby at some point to shoot a few interesting photos.

About ease of use: At first, ALL of my shots were blurry and messed up. It takes a while to in actuality get used to this lens. After some practice, some good shots began to come out. I still take a few extra shots while impelling the Lensbaby just to make sure that I have choices. After getting used to it, it becomes a very easy and telepathic process. I like it a lot. Focusing by squeezing and pushing is an imperfect process, but I guess a lot of Lensbaby users don't persuasion having a little randomness in their shots.

I was very curious about the Composer, not only for the focusing mechanism, but also for the interchangeable optic system (easier to use and more consonant, plus changing optics gives more choices). For the extra $200, it unprejudiced wasn't an option for me at the time, especially for something I wasn't sure I was going to like.

If you can still find the Lensbaby 2.0 at $69 like me, GO FOR IT. You will not sadness it. If you already know you like the Lensbaby and prefer the new optic swap system, spend the extra long green on the MUSE or Composer. Either way, it's a Lensbaby and you will have fun with it.

2009-09-12 (Dallas, TX) | Helpful Votes: 2 | Rating: 5

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Lensbaby The Muse Double Glass for Nikon F mount Digital SLR Cameras

List Price: $149.95 Price: $149.95

Product Details Note: a Lensbaby does not communicate electronically with your camera body Magnetically suspended disk aperture system allows f/2.0, f/2.8, f/4, f/5.6, f/8.0 aperture settings. All aperture settings included. 37 mm threads allow you to attach Lensbaby¿ Macro Kit lenses, wide angle and telephoto conversion lenses, and other filters and accessories Compress the lens to focus, and move the sweet spot by bending the flexible lens tubing.

Product Description

All Lensbaby™ choosy focus SLR camera lenses provide photographers with a new way to control depth of field by bringing one quarter of a photo into sharpest focus with that Sweet Spot surrounded by graduated obscure. By bending the Lensbaby lens, the photographer moves the sharp block around the photo for customized creative effects.

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Customer Reviews

Wonderful Jingle
I have wanted one of these for a extended time, so I ordered this with the macro converter and the creative aperture kit, and it takes some amazing photos. It at bottom takes a lot of getting used to, but it is so much fun!

2009-12-15 | Karmie (Lake Wales, FL) | Helpful Votes: 0 | Rating: 5

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lens mollycoddle
this is a wonderful fun lens (for the price) once you get the hang of it (which is pretty easy). The only thing I would have done in hindsight is to pay out more money and get one that locks down. it can be a challenge to hold the lens steady and click the shutter at the same all at once.

2009-06-26 | katdodge (pacifica, ca.) | Helpful Votes: 3 | Rating: 4

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what lenses for a slr camera body would you recommend?

Q: I mostly picture people & am big on headshots. What lenses do you use/like that get great details and a brittle/sharp image?

Also, are lensbabies all they're cut out to be?

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A: Typical portrait lenses are 85-105mm so if you are using film these are the ones to go for. The prime lenses will be outstrip than the zooms. I use Canon so the lenses I am listing are Canon but if you prefer Nikon they will have the equal lenses.

If you are using a cropped sensor DSLR I would go for a 50mm F1.8, 1.4 or 1.2L and peradventure a 24-70 F2.8L lens.
The large aperture will give you a nice frivolous depth of field.

You need different focal ultimately lenses for the cropped sensor dslr's because the sensor is smaller than 35mm smokescreen. For most dslr's you will have to multiply the focal length of the lens by 1.5 or 1.6 to get what your lens will respond as.

So a 50mm will give you the same angle of view as a 80mm lens and the 24-70 would give you 38mm to 112mm. Don't hassle that they don't match up exactly. You can use this to your advantage.

I have a Lensbabies 3G and I love it. It is a fun lens and for the fee it is well worth it. I would suggest you get the 3G though. It has the ability to lock the angle and spotlight. The original one does not. It is a bit difficult to use the older models.

Lensbaby 2.0 vs Nikon 50mm f/1.8?

Q: I fancy to hear from people that have used each, and can compare the two, or give me ur opinions about them.

i recently got a Nikon D60 and I'm looking for a new lens besides the kit 18-55mm, and 55-200mm lenses that came with my camera stiff.
i think that neither of these auto-focus on the D60, and that's OK.
on adorama.com the lensbaby 2.0 is $75 and the Nikon 50mm is $110.

i've heard lensbabies are fun to feign around with and i like the effect they produce, but my only potential hang-up is how beneficial it will be in the long run and in different situations?

im also open to any other suggestions of other lenses in this figure range that are pretty versatile.

any general tips to ground my pictures are also appreciated :]

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A: It is correct, the Lensbaby is a fun toy, but does not have the resolution of the excellent Nikon 50 mm, however you will have to buy the new AF-S 50 mm f/1.4 lens to have coupй-focus and metering features.