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Welcome to the blog section of the Lensbaby Artistry website. Here you find news and reviews about Lensbaby products, software, and photography gear and some of Doug’s rants and raves.

Lensbaby Velvet 56 Product Review

The UPS man knocked on the door and left a package, a long awaited package with two Lensbaby Velvet 56 mm lenses for our Fuji X-mount cameras. Mine will be used on a Fuji XE-2 and Roxanne’s will be used on a Fuji XT-1. The lenses are long, which would typically mean...

Introducing Photomatix Pro

Introducing Photomatix Pro It’s common knowledge that Google is no longer supporting the Nik Collection by Google. This fact left many photographers wondering how they were going to create realistic HDR images. Lightroom and Photoshop have the ability to merge...

Death of Drobo

When you’re dealing with a mechanical device, failure is inevitable. It’s a matter of when it will fail, not if. And when will be at the most inopportune moment. In the case of a hard drive packed with your images, failure without a backup is disastrous. The Drobo I...

Spectral 8 Camera Bag Review

I started using ThinkTank Photo bags in 2011. Their bags stand up to the test of time and have great zippers that never snag. Currently I’m using two of their bags, the Urban Approach 5 and the Spectral 8. Both are compact and hold a surprising amount of gear for...

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