Lensbaby

[kumod]

Just thought some might be interested in this, I think its pretty cool and well just one more thing to spend money on.

http://www.lensbabies.com

[dkippen]

These look like a lot of fun and not terribly expensive as I thought. I wonder what the learning curve would be to using something like this.

[jerryph]

These are nice and I like the effects they produce, but one could do this in post processing for similar (but not 100% the same), results.
Still, the effects are very cool.

There is a very small learning curve, as you see through the viewfinder what the effect is. It's a simple matter of just picking your focus point (center or one of the corners), tilting the "Lensbabies" in that manner, focusing and taking the shot.

[Snappers]

Some of the effects do look cool.

[jonrayner]

These things look like some kind of medieval surgical equipment!