Is it a specialty lens....or just a trick? (Page 2): It's a Vignetter! Quite popular with wedding & portrait photographers eons ago. I seem to remember it being pronounced Vi-Nay-er or...

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Is it a specialty lens....or just a trick?

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Feb 10, 2014 13:42:59 #

dickwilber Loc: Indiana (currently)

billwassmann wrote:

It has to be fake. Can you imagine what would happen to the light paths with that kind of lens?

It's a Vignetter! Quite popular with wedding & portrait photographers eons ago. I seem to remember it being pronounced Vi-Nay-er or Vee-nay-er (I am totally unable to speak French). They're used to create a darkened "frame" as a part of the photo. Many shapes were used, but hearts were popular around Valentines.

Feb 11, 2014 04:47:11 #

busted_shutter

Just a guess, but it very well might have been the Lens Baby set-up. http://www.lensbaby.com

Feb 11, 2014 08:52:41 #

Kimbee Loc: Dunedin, Florida, USA

Yes....I think Lens Baby carries some specialty lenses or attachments of that nature. I remember seeing it advertised in Outdoor Photography.

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Feb 11, 2014 09:42:39 #

billwassmann Loc: Emerson, NJ

dickwilber wrote:

I'm not so sure about that; you don't need a lens to vignette a photo. Incidentally, it's pronounced vin-yet

Feb 11, 2014 09:50:31 #

wtompkins Loc: Northern Michigan

Nope, I saw the commercial last night, too, thought it was a cute little gimmick :) The lens barrel on the camera is actually heart-shaped.

Here's the commercial:

http://www.popisms.com/TelevisionCommercial/91669/Nationwide-Commercial-2014.aspx

Feb 11, 2014 10:21:03 #

oldtigger Loc: Roanoke Virginia-USA

Bret wrote:

Or maybe they where trying to do this.
(not my photo) btw

got my scissors out and cutting a lens mask as i type! slick trick

Feb 11, 2014 10:58:41 #

wtompkins Loc: Northern Michigan

I believe this is the lens OP was referring to :)

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