Pancake lens
I just took delivery of a very neat little toy from Loreo today. Essentially, it’s a lens small enough that you can use it as a body cap for your camera. It doesn’t have autofocus (or any focus, in fact) – it’s just fixed at infinity, but you can select apertures between f/5.6 and f/64, making it quite functional as both a normal 35mm lens and as a pinhole lens.
The image quality isn’t great – in particular, the flare is horrible – but it’s so light that it’s worth having just because you’ll never grudge carrying it. You always take better pictures with the lens you’re actually carrying than the one you left at home.
Anyway, here’s some sample shots if you’re curious.
Edit:PS. I forgot to mention, the lens only costs $15. Seriously cheap for what you get.
Photography | jamie | 
June 24, 2009 8:23 pm
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