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Lensbaby announces the 80mm Edge 80 Optic, the newest addition to its Optic Swap System. This new optic is compatible with the Lensbaby Composer Pro, Composer, Muse, Scout and Control Freak, and will transform any of these bending lens bodies into a tilt lens that delivers a selective slice of sharp focus through an image. Like the Lensbaby Sweet 35 Optic, the Edge 80 features Lensbaby’s internal 12-blade adjustable aperture.

The Edge 80 provides a flat field of focus that, pointed straight ahead, takes photos that are sharp from edge to edge. Tilting the Edge 80 allows photographers to create vertical, horizontal and diagonal slices of focus through the image. Objects in both the foreground and the background can be in focus within that slice. Photographers can control the size of the slice of focus by changing the 12-blade aperture.

The Edge 80 allows photographers to quickly and seamlessly change the 12-blade aperture from f/2.8 through f/22, simply by rotating the dial on the front of the optic. An incredibly versatile portrait lens, Edge 80 can also be used to great effect in any situation that lends itself to selective focus – from food photography to giving landscapes a “miniature” appearance. To better understand how tilt, aperture, and focus affect an Edge 80 image, visit the Edge 80 Optic simulator.

Edge 80 Optic Product Specs:

• Focal Length: 80mm
• 12-blade internal aperture, controlled by a dial on the front of the optic
• Aperture range from f/2.8 through f/22
• Flat field of focus optic (when tilted, creates a slice of sharp focus, bordered by blur)
• Compatible with Lensbaby Composer Pro, Composer, Muse, Scout and Control Freak lens bodies*
• Minimum focusing distance: approximately 17” when the optic is extended forward in close focus mode and fully tilted
• Maximum focusing distance: Infinity
• 5 multi-coated glass elements, in four groups
• 46mm front threads**
  

* The Edge 80 Optic is not compatible with the Composer with Tilt Transformer for Micro 4/3rds and Sony NEX Cameras.
** The Edge 80 Optic is not compatible with current 37mm Lensbaby accessories.

More info: www.lensbaby.ca