jedink opened this issue on Oct 09, 2007 · 10 posts
jedink posted Tue, 09 October 2007 at 3:17 PM
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????
awjay posted Tue, 09 October 2007 at 4:36 PM
to check down the toilet to see if its blocked ?
zollster posted Tue, 09 October 2007 at 6:21 PM
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:
Tanchelyn posted Wed, 10 October 2007 at 6:22 AM
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. )
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Gog posted Wed, 10 October 2007 at 7:43 AM
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????'
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thundering1 posted Wed, 10 October 2007 at 4:48 PM
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 ;-)
viper posted Wed, 10 October 2007 at 9:42 PM
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.
thundering1 posted Wed, 10 October 2007 at 10:36 PM
Boofy posted Fri, 12 October 2007 at 12:48 AM
a new version of 'upskirting'?
scoleman123 posted Fri, 12 October 2007 at 10:08 AM
could be fun, shoot around corners.
A new view on street photography...
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