Lens Baby

Dream sequence, hallucination, drunken reverie, fading memory, or the vision of a man waking from a coma—the creative possibilities are endless with the Lensbaby 3GPL. Add a completely new dimension to your artistic toolbox with one simple lens.

Lensbaby 3GPL allows filmmakers to bring one part of their frame into sharp focus; a Sweet Spot surrounded by gradually increasing blur. You can move the Sweet Spot of sharp focus anywhere in the photo by bending the lens.

The Lensbaby 3GPL works directly on 16mm or 35mm PL mount motion picture cameras. You can use SLR mount Lensbaby lenses on many video cameras, but you will need an SLR lens-to-video camera adapter. A list of these adapters can be found under SPECS below.

Focus the 3GPL by compressing and bending the lens manually. The area of focus can be locked into a fixed position by pressing a button. Then, using a traditional manual focus mechanism, camera operators are able to follow focus or fine-tune the focus at a fixed position. The photographer also has the option of bending and compressing the Lensbaby 3GPL freely—without locking—for a spontaneous, selective focus effect.

Multi-coated Optical Glass Doublet
Focal Length: about 50 mm
Focus Type: Manual/Fingertip
Aperture Type: Interchangeable, magnetic aperture disks
Apertures: f2.0, f2.8, f4, f5.6, f8
Minimum Focus: about 12” (30cm) / Maximum Focus: infinity
Size: 2.25”(5.7cm) h x 2.5”(6.35cm) w / Weight: 3.7 oz (104.9g)
Available Mounts: PL Mount
Lensbaby 3GPL can be used on certain models of video cameras using several PL or SLR lens to video camera adapters such as the P+S Technik, Redrock M2, Brevis35, Letus35, and SGpro.

Photographers can mount a variety of 37mm or 52mm threaded accessories onto the front of the Lensbaby 3GPL, including wide angle and telephoto conversion lenses, filters, and hoods. The Creative Aperture Kit can also be used with the Lensbaby 3GPL.
Please note: The Lensbaby Macro Kit will not work on the Lensbaby 3GPL.