Velvet 85mm f/1.8

Target Audience:

The Velvet 85mm f/1.8 by Lensbaby is crafted for portrait artists and macro photographers who desire a distinct, ethereal glow and film-like color palette.

Use Cases:

Perfect for soulful portraiture, fine-art macro photography, and creating images with a highly organic, painterly feel.

Key Benefits:

Wide open, it produces a heavy spherical aberration that creates a beautiful, glowing softness around subjects.Stopping the aperture down transforms the lens into a razor-sharp optic, providing incredible dual-purpose utility.

Technical Highlights:

• Features a 1:2 maximum macro reproduction ratio with a 9-inch minimum focus distance.
• Constructed with 4 elements in 3 groups and a 12-blade curved aperture.