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Temptation! Lust! Look what those clever (evil!) guys from Lensbaby did! They just announced a series of pretty neat and cool lenses (plus attachment lenses!) to replace the original Lensbaby, Lensbaby 2.0 and Lensbaby 3G. The Lensbaby is my all time favourite fun lens (yeah, I sold off my L lenses coz they were boring!).

The one I am eyeing is the Composer, which is according to their press release …

The new Composer retains its position after being bent and is easy to use even with one hand. Photographers do not squeeze the lens to focus, but can simply tilt the lens to a desired angle and then focus with a barrel focusing ring. The Composer stays in the desired bent position without requiring a locking mechanism and features the new Lensbaby Optic Swap System. The Composer’s barrel focusing ring has a unique design that becomes more sensitive (requiring greater rotation to move the optic in and out) as you approach infinity, making it easer to focus on subjects from 10 feet to infinity.

“The Composer introduces a new level of ease and precision to selective focus photography,” said Craig Strong, Lensbaby president and co-founder. “We developed the Composer because our photographers are interested above all in creating powerful, interesting photos. With its greatly enhanced ease of use and more reliable results, the Composer will make it more intuitive for photographers to realize their personal creative visions.”

Also, the poison doesn’t end there. I am drooling over this new Lensbaby Optic Swap System that includes four interchangeable optic options

• Double Glass: A 50mm multi-coated optical glass doublet that is the same optic that was in the Lensbaby 2.0 and Lensbaby 3G lenses

• Single Glass: a 50mm, updated, uncoated optical glass singlet similar to the optic that was used in the Original Lensbaby. At f2, the Single Glass Optic is one full stop brighter (2x as bright) than the previous Original Lensbaby Optic

• Plastic: a 50mm f2 plastic singlet that maximizes blur and diffusion in a dreamy way that Holga and Diana camera lovers will especially appreciate

• The Pinhole/Zone plate: an optic cup with an f177 aperture hole to allow for pinhole photography and an f19 Zone plate opening. Users can slide a toggle inside the optic to change to back and forth between Pinhole and Zone plate mode, allowing further artistic exploration

I am sure I’ll love the plastic and pinhole/zone plate ones!

Argh! Now all I need is to do is find some money!