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I guess part of the fun is the challenge in shooting.  But yeah, I can see how a lot of the shots would just be easier to do in Photoshop.

So I suppose photographers enjoy them, because they're fun.

I don't get it either.

People pore over tests, study the graphs and charts, and pay huge sums of money for the best camera and lens they can afford.

Then they go and stick one of these things in front of it.

Just shows what clever marketers can do.

for those who don't know what it is.. here is a link

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holga

Buy yourself a cardboard box, seal it up with gaffer tape, punch a hole in it and it'll do the same job.

Isn't that what the lensbabie manufacturers have everytime somebody pays $100 for one of their products 


And you'd get the same result but much cheaper.

The reason why so many of us enjoy these things is that we're interested in photography...

You remember that?

The thing you do with the camera and light...  _Before_ the image is on your computer! :-)

I don't have a lens baby, but I do have a pinhole front for my dSLR...  which is sorta the same, and just has hard to explain to people who don't enjoy the photography bit of what we do...

well people put Asanti Luxury Alloy Wheels not because they need them but just because they can spend money on them, everybody gets kicks from differents stuff, sometimes you gotta pay for it.

I've gotten a number of Lensbaby shots on IS (bought it through an IS promotion). 

I agree the advantage is quick selective focus, unlike vaseline on a UV filter.