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Lensbaby Movie Maker’s Kit for Foggy Flicks

The Movie Maker's Kit. Almost every Lensbaby, ever, in a plastic box

Lensbabys, with their dreamy blur, shifting sweet spots and weird out-of-focus highlights, would seem to be just about perfect for movie makers. The folks at Lensbaby seem to have thought the exact same thing, and have bundled just about everything they sell into a box and called it the Movie Maker’s Kit.

The kit has lenses for both Canon SLRs and for movie cameras using the Arri PL mount, and comes with a host of swap-in optics, including fisheye, soft focus, plastic (the original blurry Lensbaby) and pinhole. It also comes with wide and telephoto converters, aperture kits (the drop-in plates that change apertures) and a macro kit. Here are some samples:

All of this is stuffed into a Pelican case, rendering it practically bomb-proof.

The kit isn’t cheap. You get a lot for your money, but you’ll have to spend $2,900. Part of this is the cost of the PL-mount lens. The standard, entry-level Muse lens costs $150. For PL, it’s $400 (when bought separately). Then again, movie makers are used to spending a lot on their gear, so this might even be considered cheap.

Movie Maker’s Kit [Lensbaby. Thanks, Jessica!]

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