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Lensbaby Packages Movie Maker’s Kit Lensbaby has introduced the Lensbaby Movie Maker’s Kit, a complete creative solution for filmmakers looking to add unique effects to their footage incamera. Conveniently packaged in a rugged Pelican case, the Movie Maker’s Kit contains two Lensbaby lenses for use on PL-mount cameras: Muse PL with Double Glass and Composer Pro PL with Sweet 35. The Kit also includes one Composer Pro with a Canon mount for use on Canon’s line of DSLRs. In addition to the lenses, the Movie Maker’s Kit includes a wide range of interchangeable optics and accessories designed to provide the filmmaker with limitless aesthetic and creative options at a variety of focal lengths. Filmmakers can achieve an array of effects in-camera with the Movie Maker’s Kit. The Sweet 35, Double Glass, Plastic and Single Glass optics can be used to create different quality selective-focus effects, where one area of the image at a given distance is in focus while other areas at the same distance fall out of focus. The Fisheye, Soft Focus and Pinhole/Zone plate optics allow further in-camera creativity. The Lensbaby Movie Maker’s Kit is available for $2,900. For more information, visit www.lensbaby.com. Schneider Takes iPhone Pro Schneider Optics has introduced the iPro Lens System, designed to enable professional-quality photographic and video imagery on Apple’s iPhone 4 with interchangeable wide-angle and fisheye lenses. The iPro Lens System features a rugged iPhone case and wide-angle and

fisheye lenses that tuck neatly away in the pocket-sized handle/lens case. The lenses use a bayonet mount to securely fasten onto the custom iPhone case. The case also gives users the option of attaching the handle on the left or right side of the iPhone; the handle itself enables the phone to be attached to a tripod. Optimized for both still and video images, the iPro Lens System includes two precision-made, genuine Century lenses. The wide-angle lens simply twists on and

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increases the iPhone’s field of view by 35 percent with low distortion and edge-toedge sharpness. For a super-wide, distorted effect, the fisheye lens alters the field of view by a dramatic 165-degrees. iPro lens housings are precision machined from aluminum alloy and anodized for durability. The lens elements are painstakingly ground and polished from top-grade optical glass. To avoid flare, the lenses feature multi-layer anti-reflection coatings. The iPro Lens System is available for $199. For more information, visit www.schneideroptics.com and www.ipro lens.com. ➣

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