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JasonMX
21st of February 2005 (Mon), 20:29
I have been thinking about getting one for months. One problem is that I have never manually focused with an SLR camera. Is it easy?
DocFrankenstein
21st of February 2005 (Mon), 20:38
Production costs are less than a dollar on that lens.

Worth is a philosophical term.

I have no clue about MFing with that lens.
pradeep1
21st of February 2005 (Mon), 21:22
No.
roanjohn
21st of February 2005 (Mon), 21:39
Hmmm...............Its a novelty lens...........I'd rather do the effect in PS from a sharp pic.

Ro1
Mike Panic
21st of February 2005 (Mon), 21:45
yes... as long as you understand its a toy and should not be taken as seriously as half the uptight photogs on here and other forums can be about photography... it was designed because the inventor like his holga so much and wanted a way to do similar style photos w/ his digital camera.

heres some shots i took w/ one on my 10d: http://www.mikepanic.com/photos/lensbabies_lens_test_shots
Ogrt48
21st of February 2005 (Mon), 22:07
No, you can do the effect in 10 seconds in photoshop..
Curos
21st of February 2005 (Mon), 23:13
Everyone is shouting a resounding no, but i'll point you towards msvadi, and recommend you look at some of his photos. He has recently posted some, IMO, beautiful shots with his lensebaby, and so i think if you like the effect, go for it. Nothing like it can be perfectly replicated in photoshop.
aam1234
22nd of February 2005 (Tue), 01:13
Worth is a philosophical term.

That's deep DocFrank :D
Monito
22nd of February 2005 (Tue), 02:26
Not worth $100 or even $99.

Gimmick for suckers.
pierrot
22nd of February 2005 (Tue), 02:36
Well, in fact it's far less expensive than half destroying a lens with a hammer to get misalignment... :D