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lol, I don't know whether to laugh, or cringe that these things exist.

Can anyone think of a legitimite reason for owning one of these????

to check down the toilet to see if its blocked ?

if you're balanced on a rock and can't move yer feet and you have a bad back so you can't twist...and the photo you wanna take is to the side of ya :biggrin:

Long ago, before digital camera's with viewers, these were used to shoot candids. Many people start behaving unnaturally when you point a lens at them. (Don't shoot! Don't shoot!) With thispiece of equipment, you can shoot them without them noticing you as you point to somewhere else.
( Word goes that these were also used by dirty old men in raincoats on beaches where women wore...bikini's so that you could get a shot of their bellybuttons. But that has never been proven. )

it's not exactly subtle though is it?

I can see the kids now, 'scuse me mister why's there a big hole in the side of your lens????'

I bet from a distance, the "black barrell" kinda blurs and it hard to notice. Yeah, this is for the peeping-Tom in someone.

There used to be a box camera that did that. The main lens on the front was just for show - there was a small hole on the side of the box with a mini-lens just inside. They sold it under the guise of what Tanchelyn said, "Many people start behaving unnaturally when you point a lens at them."

But they were mostly used by dirty old men, yeah...
-Lew ;-)

This has that "creepy guy feeling" about it. I mean hell look at the picture in the add that alone says what the main selling point is.

Yeah... I noticed the bluntness of the image, too...

a new version of 'upskirting'?

could be fun, shoot around corners. 

A new view on street photography...