Jason Dunn
11-11-2008, 03:00 AM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://photojojo.com/store/awesomeness/candid-photography-spy-lens/email' target='_blank'>http://photojojo.com/store/awesomen...-spy-lens/email</a><br /><br /></div><p><em>"Remember that very first time you went out with your shiny new SLR, determined to shoot some Pulitzer-worthy people shots? You know, real stuff. Candid shots of people just living their lives and doing real things completely unaware that they were on camera. It's hard. People have a sixth sense for knowing when someone's taking their photo. Especially so when you've got an SLR and a big lens pointed right at 'em. Our Super-Secret Spy Lens is the answer."</em></p><p><img src="http://images.thoughtsmedia.com/resizer/thumbs/size/600/dht/auto/1226362217.usr1.jpg" border="1" /></p><p>I'm not entirely sure on the ethics of something like this - taking photos of people without their permission - but I have to admire the cleverness of it. I've heard of devices like this before, but haven't purchased one. I'm somewhat tempted to buy one, because I really like candid photography, but suffer from SPS (Shy Photographer Syndrome) and can count the number of times I've asked strangers if I could take their picture (<a href="http://photos.jasondunn.com/gallery/4614625_Wdjrn#272235069_kQtHg-XL-LB" target="_blank">here's one example</a>). I also wonder what it does to the quality of the image captured. Anyone used something like this before?</p>