Today Only: Lensbaby Velvet 85mm f/1.8 – $369.95 (reg. $599.95, EF & RF mounts)

November 30, 2022
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Only for today (11/30/2022) B&H Photo has a $230 discount on the Lensbaby Velvet 85mm f/1.8 lens for both EF and RF mounts.

At a glance:

RF/EF-Mount Lens/Full-Frame Format
Aperture Range: f/1.8 to f/16
Soft Glowing Effect at Wide Apertures
Inspired by Classic Portrait Lenses
1:2 Magnification, 9.5″ Working Distance
Manual Focus Design
12-Blade Diaphragm

Get the Lensbaby Velvet 85mm f/1.8 on sale at $369.95 (compare at $599.95):

There are still some BLACK FRIDAY deals that are live:

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DxO offers up to 50% discount on their products, the excellent PhotoLab 6 included.
Excire offers 30% discount on their Excire Foto managment software (use code Excirefire30 on checkout).
Topaz Labs has Black Friday discounts on all their products, especially good for their “everything” package.

More selected deal pages:

USA: Canon USA | B&H Photo | Adorama | Amazon US
Germany: Amazon Germany | Calumet Photo | Canon Germany
UK: Amazon UK | Canon UK
Refurbished lenses and DSLRs at Canon Store (best deals might be found here)

A unique short telephoto with distinct classic appeal, the silver Canon RF-mount Velvet 85mm f/1.8 from Lensbaby produces a mid-20th century-inspired image quality that is well-suited to portraiture. Characterized by a smooth, glowing aesthetic, this lens’s softness can be controlled by stopping down in order to produce a range of effects from soft and dreamy to sharper and crunchier at smaller apertures. A 12-blade diaphragm also contributes to the lens’s aesthetic, and helps to produce a smooth bokeh quality to suit shallow depth of field imagery. Additionally, the manual focus design affords a working distance of 9.5″ with a maximum reproduction ratio of 1:2 to benefit working with close-up subjects.

Short telephoto portrait-length lens is designed for full-frame Canon RF-mount mirrorless cameras.

Bright f/1.8 maximum aperture affords greater control over depth of field for working with shallow depth of field and selective focus techniques, and also benefits working in low-light conditions.

Inspired by classic portrait lenses from the mid-20th century, this lens is designed to produce an ethereal glowing quality with soft, smooth tonality that is well-suited to portraiture.

Softness can be controlled by stopping-down the lens: when stopped-down to f/16, the image exhibits a smooth quality with greater central sharpness.

A working distance of 9.5″ along with a 1:2 reproduction ratio suits working with close-up subjects.

Manual focus design with a smooth, dampened focusing movement is complemented by engraved focus distance indicators.

A 12-blade diaphragm contributes to a smooth bokeh quality that is ideal for selective focus imagery.