Lensbaby is a line of camera lenses for DSLR and mirrorless cameras that combine a simple lens with a bellows or ball and socket mechanism for use in special effect photography. A Lensbaby can give effects normally associated with view cameras. The lenses are for use in selective focus photography and bokeh effects.
The Lensbaby 2.0
Image created with a Lensbaby selective focus lens.
Lensbaby Spark
Lensbaby Scout installed with Fisheye Optic
A view camera is a large-format camera in which the lens forms an inverted image on a ground-glass screen directly at the film plane. The image is viewed, composed, and focused, then the glass screen is replaced with the film to expose exactly the same image seen on the screen.
A Sanderson 'Hand' camera dating from circa 1899
Viewing through a Sinar F camera
Image: View cameraman on 44 Drive for NYC 2014 Marathon jeh