Lensbabies Press Release

Lensbabies is happy to announce today the launch of new Lensbaby branded accessory lenses, a Lensbaby Wide Angle/Macro Conversion Lens and a Lensbaby Wide Angle/Telephoto Lens kit. Most notable about the new wide angle accessory lens is that it is optimized for use with the Lensbaby - no other wide angle accessory on the market preserves the size of the sweet spot of focus the way the Lensbaby wide angle lens does. When a photographer uses an industry standard wide angle conversion lens with a Lensbaby it shrinks the size of the Sweet Spot.  The shrinking Sweet Spot makes it harder to shoot wide open at f/2.0 or f/2.8, because the Sweet Spot reduces to quite a small percentage of the photo.  Our new Lensbaby wide angle conversion lenses solve the problem of the shrinking Sweet Spot.

The Lensbaby 0.6X Wide Angle/Macro Conversion Lens
The Lensbaby 0.6X Wide Angle/Macro Conversion Lens includes a 0.6X attachment that converts the 50mm focal length of the Lensbaby lens to a wider angle 30mm, while keeping the Sweet Spot the same size as a Lensbaby photo taken without a wide angle conversion lens. This lens also has the bonus feature of allowing photographers to unscrew the rear lens element for use as a macro lens that focuses as close as 2” to 3” from their subjects.  The rear element of the Lensbaby 0.6X. The Wide Angle/Macro Conversion Lens is comparable to using a Lensbaby with the +4 and the +10 lenses from the Lensbaby Macro Kit stacked together.

The 0.6X wide angle conversion lens weighs 2.1 ounces and measures 1.25” x 1.8” – with macro attached. The macro element weighs .6 ounces and measures 1.5” x .75”. Both are 37mm threaded for ease of use.

The Lensbaby Wide Angle/Telephoto Kit
The new Lensbaby Wide Angle/Telephoto Accessory Lens kit includes the Lensbaby 0.6X Wide Angle Conversion Lens and the Lensbaby 1.6X Telephoto Conversion Lens.  The Lensbaby 0.6X Wide Angle Conversion Lens changes the effective focal length to 30mm while keeping the Sweet Spot the same size as a Lensbaby photo taken without a wide angle conversion lens.  The Lensbaby 1.6X Conversion Lens converts the Lensbaby to 80mm and slightly increases the size of the sweet spot of focus. Both conversion lenses simply screw onto the 37mm threads on the front of the user’s Lensbaby lens. 

The Lensbaby 0.6X Wide Angle Conversion Lens weighs 2.1 ounces and measures 1.25” x 1.8”.  The Lensbaby 1.6X Telephoto Conversion Lens weighs 1.9 ounces and measures 1.2” x 1.8”.