davidd's A DOLL A DAY 2025

[davidd]

16 October - A Doll A Day 2025:

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Return of the Lensbaby

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Figma Makise Kurisu, recently returned to the Dolly Dungeon fold after a decade away, resurrects the long-dormant Lensbaby 3G, similarly absent since 2014.

I sold my original Lensbaby lenses after I moved to Utah ten years ago. My DSLR camera had been "lost in transit" -- at some point my camera equipment "disappeared" from a shipping tub during the moving process -- and I had no use for the inekspensive novelty lens.

A few years later I began missing having a "real camera" and I replaced my DSLR with a new Canon EOS 80D. Some time after that, I began idly checking eBay for early Lensbaby lenses, thinking it might be fun to revisit the weird, wonky ways of the "First Gen" Lensbabies. I ran across an excellent deal on a 3G; I'd had a lot of fun with my original 3G back in the day, and the one I found on eBay was listed poorly and included a lot of accessories, including a metal padded camera case, for a low starting bid.

I won the auction for the lens, and the lens has remained in its padded case ever since it arrived five or six years ago. I have yet to try it out.

Now that the Figma figure, which I previously photographed using a Lensbaby lens, is back in my collection, perhaps it's time to pull the Lensbaby out of mothballs.