Review: Lensbaby Velvet 85mm f1.8 (Sony E Mount, Full Frame)

When the Lensbaby Velvet 85mm f1.8 was put into my hands a few months ago, I was really curious about this lens. The previous one coming in at 56mm was incredibly soft. Now, that's all part of the charm of the Velvet series--but when it's so soft that focus peaking sometimes won't even work, then it can be tough to get anything in focus with the lens. But the Lensbaby Velvet 85mm f1.8 is different in a whole bunch of ways. It's still soft wide open, but you can make that work for you in a number of ways: one of which is to work with a studio flash system.
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