The Control Freak is an ideal selective focus lens for tabletop
and macro photography. You can compress and bend the lens to find your
desired Sweet Spot, and then lock it in place with the push of a button.
Once locked, you can fine focus using the barrel focusing ring and fine
tune the tilt with the Control Freak's three metal posts.
The Control Freak comes with the Double Glass Optic
installed.
Focus your Control Freak by compressing the lens with your fingers
until your subject comes into focus. Then move the Sweet Spot around the
photo by bending the lens.
When the Sweet Spot is sharp and placed where you want, press the
Locking Button on the Focusing Collar to lock your Lensbaby 3G into
place. You can then adjust your focus by rotating the Fine Focusing
Ring, much like a manual focus lens. You can also fine tune your tilt by
rotating the metal rods.
You can also push on the back of the Control Freak's focus ring to
focus closer, which is useful for macro photography.
Available in mounts for Canon EF (EOS), Nikon F, Sony Alpha A / Minolta
Maxxum, Pentax K / Samsung GX, Olympus E1 / Panasonic Lumix DMC.
Double Glass (multi-coated optical glass doublet) Optic installed
Focal Length: about 50 mm
Focus Type: Manual/Fingertip
Aperture Type: Interchangeable, levitating aperture disks
Apertures: f/2, f/2.8, f/4, f/5.6, f/8, f/11, f/16, f/22
Minimum Focus: about 9" / 23cm (Allows for extremely close focus - zero
inches in front of the lens - when used with the Fisheye Optic. A
special adapter is required to use the Fisheye Optic with the Control
Freak).
Maximum Focus: infinity
Size: 2.25"(5.7cm) h x 2.5"(6.35cm) w / Weight: 3.7 oz (104.9g)
No electronic communication between the lens and the
camera body
Automatic light metering is possible by shooting in aperture priority
mode for almost all digital and film SLR camera bodies except certain
Nikon bodies including the D40, D50, D60, D70, D70S, D80, D90, D100,
N50, N65, N70, N75, N80, Kodak 14N and ProN, & Fuji S1, S2, and S3.
