Shift Lenses

I have been contemplating the purchase of a shift lens fro some time. My research has more or less directed me to the Lensbaby Composer Pro II with the Edge 50 lens. Does anyone have any experience of this lens?

The Lens baby Composer Pro II a tilt-shift lens rather than a standard shift lens like the Pentax 28mm F3.5 Shift, the Pentax one doesn't do tilt at all. With a tilt lens like the Lens Baby you can play around with focus areas, with the shift lens you can straighten out the verticals in camera on tall buildings or take two 'shifted' shots to combine to give a panorama or even a 3D composite. So really they're quite different so do you require tilt shift or standard shift? You didn't mention requiring tilt in your post so it may not be your best option, it really depends on your intended purpose for it.

The Samyang 24mm TS tilt shift lens is available in Pentax mount, worth checking out.

Thanks for the suggestions, but, does anyone on the forum own the Lensbaby lens cited in my original post?

I can't find any mention of Lens babys on here since 2014.
There's a review here: http://uk.pcmag.com/lensbaby-composer-pro-ii/72401/review/lensbaby-composer-pro-...
I still say it isn't a shift lens but a tilt lens; that review makes no mention of a shift function at all. If its a shift lens you're after, that isn't it!
Just as an aside, the camera sensor can be shifted to some extent to simulate the effect of a shift lens. A tilt effect can be easily simulated in software.

I have a lensbaby, but only the inferior (less controllable) Muse model. Fun to play with but mine at least has quirky optics that wouldn't be suitable for use as a standard tilt lens. The Edge 50 might work better for your application. I ended up getting an old micro four thirds camera & a tiltable adapter to my Pentax lenses. It worked out ~£150 much cheaper than a proper shift lens!

Adding Shift makes the adapter MUCH more expensive, so I've yet to play with that properly.

Thanks for the suggestions. Certainly food for thought