[46 mm (Front)] I had been looking at this lens for a good while and debating on whether or not to purchase it when B&H put it on sale. Actually, I had just purchased, but not received the Sol 45, and contacted B&H to cancel that purchase and replace it with the Composer II/Sweet 50 Optic. B&H was great to work with and made the switch without hesitation. As for the lens itself, let me say that it provides the opportunity to achieve effects that cannot be easily replicated in post-production. It really enables one's creativity to surface as well. I've read reviews that say it's hard to focus. That's not something I've experienced, I guess in part because I'm used to manually focusing in macro work. To me, focus is quite easy when stopped down to f/5.6 or lower, while it can be challenging when the lens is fully opened. I've found that focusing at f/8 and then opening up to wider apertures works well. The build quality of the lens is great. It is solid. I'm very glad I purchased it!

[45°] Have used a number of LensBaby products & really enjoy the results. Well packaged. Shipped very promptly after purchase.

[50mm] I have just started using Lensbaby lenses. This lens is manual focus, at set 50mm. The effects range from minor at about aperture 4.5 and higher. The more wide open to max 2.8, the effects are more pronounced. This lens has a sweet spot of focus and the blur goes out in a circle. Looks like exploding out. The tilt allows you to put that sweet spot to the side, or top or bottom. Needs practice to see what it can do for you. I really like it !

[45°] bought this to try something different. fun little lens

[Canon RF] Fun lens to use.

[Manual Focus] This lens is super cool. I use it mostly for filming, but it takes really neat photos as well. Manual focus is easier for me on live view on my camera so I can zoom in on screen and nail focus. Really fun tool to own for a different look

[Canon RF] This is a fun lens to play with. You can move the focal point around and be as creative and artistic as you want. It's a great creative lens.

[12] I haven’t used it too much yet but I absolutely love my Lensbaby! Just what I was looking for.

[12] I just received my new Lensbaby composer Pro II Sweet 50 and I find it will be a bit of a curve to get the kind of results I desire, but I have already had a great time playing!

[Canon RF] I own a decent amount of lenses and I use multiple focal lengths (16mm and 200mm) to achieve different results and looks in my pictures. I liked the idea of Lensbaby and it provides a different rendering/look for sure! The selling point for me was the price point to try and experiment with something out side the box.

I bought the composer pro 2 with the sweet 50 optic. It gives you a central small circle of sharp focus and surrounds it with a radial blur. The build quality is a mix of metal and plastic, not super tough but it doesn't seem like it's going to fall apart either. This is a manual focus lens, which didn't scare me because I already own and use several manual focus lenses include Zeiss. After messing with it for only 30-60 mins I was not sure about it and didn't know if I liked it. I was not getting a lot of keepers. But I stuck with it and within a couple hours of messing with it, I figured out a couple of key things that makes it work great! You can't really tilt the composer pro 2 all the way to the edges, it will not get sharp really (shifted too far) the light meter in the camera gets tricked a little when you start bending the lens and you might need to adjust exposure. After a very short time I started to see what kind of cool abstract and fun things you can shoot with this lens and the effect it gives you! It's a lot of fun! I have shot a ton of pics with it and wow there's some awesome things you can go with it! It's really great at isolated your subject! And it gives almost all of its images a motion feel to them like they are moving! If you are ok with manual focus or are willing to practice doing it, this lens provides a very unique look and feel to your pictures!