Originally posted by 6BQ5 I wanted the toy lenses at one point but got turned off from it. It's always possible to take a razor sharp image from the 01 and make it "creative". However, you can't start with a "creative" image and make it razor sharp. There's enough software out there to give you that "creative" look.
Originally posted by Piotrek K 04 wide lens is cool, but could be hair sharper close to infinity. I bought one before summer and I'm quite happy when using this one for snaps.
As I've mentioned before, the toy lenses do not produce toy camera effects. At all. The only lens that really does this is the 07 Mount Shield, which is seriously limited in application because of the fixed focus distance which is no good for either distant or really close up subjects.
For me, the 04's real advantage is the minimum focus distance of just 7cm (that's something you definitely can't get in post-processing, unless you crop significantly). By comparison, the 01 is 20cm, while the 02 is 30cm. Both of those are much sharper lenses, but for reasonably close subjects and especially for pseudo macro, the 04 works well. Not a good walk-around lens, perhaps, but used for the right occasions, it has it's place and can produce very good images (of the non-toy variety
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