Hey guys Jordy here and this is a lens baby.
It's actually called a tilt shift lens, but most people refer to this particular design as a lens baby.
which is actually the name of the brand.
Now, it's not something new
I remember a friend of mine having one of these about 10 years ago.
Anyways, it's probably the weirdest lens that V've ever seen.
It's a prime lens, this means that we can't zoom with it.
It has a fixed focal length of 50 millimeters.
So in that sense, it's a pretty normal lens, but then the aperture.
There is none.
It has a fixed 5.6 aperture opening
and we can't change that as there are no real aperture blades inside like you would get in a normal lens.
But what makes this lens so unique is not that but the way you focus with it.
You know, a traditional lens has a ring and if you turn that ring
You can change the focus.
And what happens actually inside
is the actual glass that is being moved further or closer away from the sensor of your camera.
And that's how you can get your subject into focus.
On this lens we don't have that focus ring.
In order to focus we need to manually move the lens inside and that is what makes this lens so weird.
It's like a squishy ball.
Now I purchased this lens myself.
They are not sponsoring us nor do they even know that we're making this video.
So we had to find someone else to support us today,
and I'm very happy that MSI and their brand new creator 15 is sponsoring us today.
So a big thank you to MSI.
We'll talk a little bit more about the creator 15 laptop in a moment.
But first I would like to show you guys why you would ever use such a lens.
So you can either choose for a Canon or Nikon mount and then it just pops into your camera.
And this is the way that you should hold your camera
and it allows you to quickly focus while making photos or shooting video.
Now interesting is that we can also slant the lens inside
while we focus and it's that what makes this lens so special.
Because it creates a unique focus field.
Normally we get a straight focus field
but by shifting the lens we can slant that focus field
and this means that we can bring one side of a flat object out of focus
while still having the other side in focus and this allows us to create those typical fake miniature shots.
And although that this example right here is not shot with the lensbaby
It's actually faked using some clever tricks and After Effects.
By creating a mask and then blurring out the rest you can kind of fake that tilt shift look.
And by the way guys,
this right here is the creator 15 from MSI
Workstation laptop with some killer hardware inside.
Like an intel i7 8 core processor, 32 gigs of ram and Nvidia RTX 2080
And that's all packed within a pretty slim body.
And on the 15 inch display we can enjoy a 4k resolution
covering a 100% of the Adobe RGB color space.
So if you're looking for something portable while still having the horsepower of a workstation,
well, then definitely check it out by clicking the first link in the description down below.
Now, the reason why we're seeing that city as a miniature
is because when you get closer with your lens to a subject
your focus field gets more shallow.
And that's what we try to recreate in long shots where
such a shallow depth of field is impossible due to the distance between the camera and the subject
which is the city, but that's not the only thing that we can do with a lens baby.
It's actually quite fun to make things like a music video.
♪ They tried to kill me but I never die ♪
♪ I’m aiming Cannon’s at they dome till I’m in the sky ♪
♪ And I ain’t stopping on the mission till it’s realized ♪
♪ And rappers claiming that they real that’s a real lie ♪
♪ And now I’m back up in the premises ♪
♪ Top of Mount Zion sending prayers to my nemesis ♪
♪ Start the game blowing we gone call that SEGA Genesis ♪
♪ And kamikaze to them demons if they walk the premises ♪
All right, we get it it's a fun lens but is it worth the investment?
Well, I paid around $90 for this and just purely looking at the product itself
it's completely made out of plastic even the mount,
there is real glass inside but it suffers from uh,
optical distortions and chromatic aberrations and such so it's not really quality glass inside.
Now, surprisingly the very small lens actually fits a full-frame sensor.
Although that is what I read online.
The only full-frame camera that I have is a sony so I couldn't mount the lensbaby to it.
So I wasn't able to test it.
But I was able to attach it to our Red Gemini which has a slightly bigger sensor than a super 35
and I didn't see that much vignetting unless I would dramatically shift the lens so
I was very surprised about that.
But in the end it's a toy.
So I'm not sure if I'll actually be using it much maybe for some very specific shots
but it's definitely a lot of fun to play around with.
Thanks for watching.
Thank you MSI for the support and as always
stay creative!
Lorenzo ...
Would you take me serious if I would shoot on this lens?
- Not really... -Not really.
It's way too tiny too.
Too tiny...
Gilles, ould you take me serious if I would be shooting on this lens?
Not at all.
huh...
Is it really that stupid guys?
It's tiny. Yeah, but okay, it's kind of weird.