‘You must embrace the softness’ the lensbaby community say.
Ok. Good. So I will do just that and accept that these lenses are mainly soft, glowing, artsy-type lenses.
Maybe now that I'm (mostly) psychologically over the hurdle of wanting crisp and sharp, I can get somewhere with these things.
But why is it so dark. I probably have to change/fiddle with shutter speed or add more source of light. I tried zapping up the ISO but that gave off more noise than a rip-roaring AC/DC concert.
One thing I will say is that I'm getting a great self-learning education as to how to do the whole full-monty manual photography procedure. These lenses don’t communicate with the camera. I usually rely on a semi-automatic mode, aperture-priority.
Ha! I have about as much chance of that than I have at winning a teddy bear at an arcade gaming machine!
Not for lack of trying, though - I will do my best to get these lenses understood, if not fully under control.
There is something weirdly addictive about them, I have to say - you tend to get into another mindset when using them.