Introducing the Lynny, the new special effects camera lens! No more photo editing to achieve artistic effects! This lens does it all!
What is the Lynny Lens System?
The Lynny is an amazing selective focusing, special effects lens for artistic and creative photography. It can be used for "anything photography". It's a lens system which you can tilt around and push/pull to focus.
Let me ask you something. Can your standard camera lens be tilted in all angles and directions when it's mounted to the camera?
Can you push and pull to focus on your subject? Or are you stuck with spinning a boring focus wheel that makes this really annoying squeaking sound?
The Lynny is the lens system for actually having FUN with photography, while at the same time, getting you the most INCREDIBLE photographs ever taken, ALL without the single press of a button in photo editing applications, because the special effects are built inside the lens!
Don't let your standard camera lens control you and your photos. Take control of your photography with a Lynny Lens System, and for once, have true fun and real enjoyment with photography!
I'm extremely excited about the Lynny, and am proud to say I have completely redesigned the Lynny Lens System. Now it's a more professional, consumer ready product that offers much more than any other lens system out there.
You can completely customize the Lynny and it's resulting photos by adding different optics (which are included in the rewards).
It's time to have control over your photos!
It's time to help bring this new camera lens into production!
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NEW PROMOTION:
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PROMOTION: Be among the first 50 people to choose this $105 reward and receive a Lynny Pro Advent for your SLR/DSLR camera (with telephoto lens, wide angle lens, and macro lenses). Once the project is successfully funded, I will ask what brand the camera you own is and I will send you the adapter with the lens, for your camera. If you live in US, it's free shipping. If you live outside US, the shipping is $30, so there is a minimum of $135 required if you live outside of the US and you want to participate in this promotion.
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This is the 2D drawing of the design of the Lynny:
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Here is what the final product will look like:
The Lynny is fully customizable. It has a feature which lets you screw in 37mm optics and accessories on the front "aperture" ring.
It's also a universal lens system. One lens fits all cameras, by using adapters for the cameras, which are really cheap these days. I'm talking $3-and-below-cheap.
The Lynny can adapt to the following SLR/DSLR cameras, but are not limited to:
Nikon
Canon
Minolta
Sony
Panasonic
Pentax
Olympus
Leica
+ More
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Why am I here?
I need your help. In fact, I can't do this Without your help. I need to gather the funding to kickstart this business in forward direction. The design you see in the photos will cost $1065 USD to have built. It's a rubber mold. And each piece from the mold will be a low cost of $0.29 USD but I will need to order a mass quantity.
I also need the funds for buying the lenses to use as the main elements for the Lynny, the 4 extra lenses for the different models of the Lynny, the "aperture ring" pieces, the camera mount parts, as well as the adapters for the cameras.
This is my one chance to offer everyone a brand new way of enjoying photography by the use of a special effects lens. If I don't gather enough funding, it won't happen, and the lens more than likely will never be in anyones hands.
All of the funds will be put towards buying parts to make these lenses, and hard work and time will be put into building the lenses PERFECTLY for everyone to use.
I can't do this without you. Without your help, this is impossible.
So please, if you're reading this, why not help out a little, whatever you can do will help this project go a LONG way, so please, do what you can to help.
Also PLEASE share this project with everyone by using the social sharing buttons under the video.
We can do this, with your help. Do all you can! Thank you so much!
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Words from other about the Lynny Lens System:
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Tyler (Inventer of the extremely famous and popular life sized Nikon costume): Nice work, and I'm impressed by the results!
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Bob (First buyer of the Lynny Pro lens system): It works well. This is a good competitor to the Lensbaby. I congratulate you on crafting such a good working bellows. Overall, I think it's a good product. I'll show it around.
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Bob (again): If you're looking for an optic to produce interesting defocused, prismatic images without any post-prod time or treatment, try the Lynny-lens. It's very similar to the Lensbaby for results, but much more versatile in focal length. It won't win any prize for beauty, but its highly damped spring rate makes it friendlier to use.
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Derrel (Highly active user on The Photo Forum): This looks like a great way to finally get some sharp optics onto a Canon d-slr camera!!! I like this kind of photography, and own a couple different [similar] lenses.
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Soulz3urn3lack (User on The Photo Forum): I think it's cool [and] the images are interesting.
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Websites it's been featured on:
All over Facebook, Twitter, Google, Bing, Yahoo, hundreds of tech and photography blogs across the world, and more.
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Here are photos taken with the lens:
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The 2 photos below were taken with the Artistic Effects Lens Cap I designed and created. It gives the effects of light leaks and indescribable special effects. All you have to do is slide the lens cap on and you're all set! As simple as that!
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Email me at ctexter at lynnylens dot com to interview me on this lens, ask me any questions, to make any comments, to give me any tips and/or suggestions, or if there is anything you want to talk about.
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If this project is successful, and you receive a Lynny if you fund it, you will definitely see what I'm talking about!
What is the Lynny Lens System?
The Lynny is an amazing selective focusing, special effects lens for artistic and creative photography. It can be used for "anything photography". It's a lens system which you can tilt around and push/pull to focus.
Let me ask you something. Can your standard camera lens be tilted in all angles and directions when it's mounted to the camera?
Can you push and pull to focus on your subject? Or are you stuck with spinning a boring focus wheel that makes this really annoying squeaking sound?
The Lynny is the lens system for actually having FUN with photography, while at the same time, getting you the most INCREDIBLE photographs ever taken, ALL without the single press of a button in photo editing applications, because the special effects are built inside the lens!
Don't let your standard camera lens control you and your photos. Take control of your photography with a Lynny Lens System, and for once, have true fun and real enjoyment with photography!
I'm extremely excited about the Lynny, and am proud to say I have completely redesigned the Lynny Lens System. Now it's a more professional, consumer ready product that offers much more than any other lens system out there.
You can completely customize the Lynny and it's resulting photos by adding different optics (which are included in the rewards).
It's time to have control over your photos!
It's time to help bring this new camera lens into production!
------------
NEW PROMOTION:
------------
PROMOTION: Be among the first 50 people to choose this $105 reward and receive a Lynny Pro Advent for your SLR/DSLR camera (with telephoto lens, wide angle lens, and macro lenses). Once the project is successfully funded, I will ask what brand the camera you own is and I will send you the adapter with the lens, for your camera. If you live in US, it's free shipping. If you live outside US, the shipping is $30, so there is a minimum of $135 required if you live outside of the US and you want to participate in this promotion.
------------
This is the 2D drawing of the design of the Lynny:
------------
Here is what the final product will look like:
The Lynny is fully customizable. It has a feature which lets you screw in 37mm optics and accessories on the front "aperture" ring.
It's also a universal lens system. One lens fits all cameras, by using adapters for the cameras, which are really cheap these days. I'm talking $3-and-below-cheap.
The Lynny can adapt to the following SLR/DSLR cameras, but are not limited to:
Nikon
Canon
Minolta
Sony
Panasonic
Pentax
Olympus
Leica
+ More
------------
Why am I here?
I need your help. In fact, I can't do this Without your help. I need to gather the funding to kickstart this business in forward direction. The design you see in the photos will cost $1065 USD to have built. It's a rubber mold. And each piece from the mold will be a low cost of $0.29 USD but I will need to order a mass quantity.
I also need the funds for buying the lenses to use as the main elements for the Lynny, the 4 extra lenses for the different models of the Lynny, the "aperture ring" pieces, the camera mount parts, as well as the adapters for the cameras.
This is my one chance to offer everyone a brand new way of enjoying photography by the use of a special effects lens. If I don't gather enough funding, it won't happen, and the lens more than likely will never be in anyones hands.
All of the funds will be put towards buying parts to make these lenses, and hard work and time will be put into building the lenses PERFECTLY for everyone to use.
I can't do this without you. Without your help, this is impossible.
So please, if you're reading this, why not help out a little, whatever you can do will help this project go a LONG way, so please, do what you can to help.
Also PLEASE share this project with everyone by using the social sharing buttons under the video.
We can do this, with your help. Do all you can! Thank you so much!
------------
Words from other about the Lynny Lens System:
------------
Tyler (Inventer of the extremely famous and popular life sized Nikon costume): Nice work, and I'm impressed by the results!
------------
Bob (First buyer of the Lynny Pro lens system): It works well. This is a good competitor to the Lensbaby. I congratulate you on crafting such a good working bellows. Overall, I think it's a good product. I'll show it around.
------------
Bob (again): If you're looking for an optic to produce interesting defocused, prismatic images without any post-prod time or treatment, try the Lynny-lens. It's very similar to the Lensbaby for results, but much more versatile in focal length. It won't win any prize for beauty, but its highly damped spring rate makes it friendlier to use.
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Derrel (Highly active user on The Photo Forum): This looks like a great way to finally get some sharp optics onto a Canon d-slr camera!!! I like this kind of photography, and own a couple different [similar] lenses.
------------
Soulz3urn3lack (User on The Photo Forum): I think it's cool [and] the images are interesting.
------------
Websites it's been featured on:
All over Facebook, Twitter, Google, Bing, Yahoo, hundreds of tech and photography blogs across the world, and more.
--------
Here are photos taken with the lens:
---------
The 2 photos below were taken with the Artistic Effects Lens Cap I designed and created. It gives the effects of light leaks and indescribable special effects. All you have to do is slide the lens cap on and you're all set! As simple as that!
------------
Email me at ctexter at lynnylens dot com to interview me on this lens, ask me any questions, to make any comments, to give me any tips and/or suggestions, or if there is anything you want to talk about.
------------
If this project is successful, and you receive a Lynny if you fund it, you will definitely see what I'm talking about!
I will be making designing and creating this lens in Richmond, VA, USA, my hometown. The mold and pieces will be created in Hong Kong, and I will have them shipped to me in mass amount periodically so I won't run out of stock. Once I receive the pieces from the mold, I will begin to mass produce these lenses.
Check out the Lynny Lens website
Also check out the Google Chrome app
You can also connect with the Lynny Lens System's Facebook page and you can follow the Lynny Lens System on Twitter
FAQ
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Here are the focal lengths for the Lynny with the wide angle and telephoto lens, and with no added lens:
55mm with wide angle optic.
85mm with no optic.
110mm with telephoto optic.
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The photos the Lynny creates are amazing! To go deeper, they will look extremely artistic and creative, and the fact that you would have taken the images that this lens creates, will be really satisfying, and will really be something to show off. The chomatic aberration is actually something that makes this lens even better, because it adds to the artistic look to the photos. You can also control the amount of chromatic aberration somewhat, by pushing and pulling the lens to and from the camera to focus
Your photos will have a zooming blur around the photos which you can control by tilting the lens around to all directions.
Overall, the images you take with this lens system look absolutely gorgeous. I am proud to be the creator of the Lynny because of this.
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No, this lens is pure manual, which makes it even more fun to play with. That doesn't mean you can't focus. To focus, you just push and pull the lens to and from the camera. To control where the blur is in the photo, you just tilt the lens around/point it in the desired direction.
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Humongous! I don't even know what the number for it would be because I have no way to compare it to other sizes. I know it lets lots of light in which is great for outdoor and definitely indoor shots. no need for slow shutter speeds.
What I can tell you is that the aperture hole is exactly 37mm wide, and that is really big.
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Actually, yes, you can. Though it is a fixed aperture by itself, you can purchase what's called a step down ring, which will be a 37mm to ___mm. I have found a 37mm to 28mm step down ring, and those are really cheap, around $6 new. So if you want a smaller aperture then you can buy a step down ring for the lens, and screw it on, just as simple as that.
Lets say you got a 37mm to 28mm step down ring. Then you could screw in accessories to the 28mm threads.
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Yes! Of course! You just need to buy a step UP ring, which you will screw into the 37mm threads on the front of the lens. For example, if you bought a 37mm to 52mm step up ring, then you could attach ANY 52mm lens, filter, or other accessory to the Lynny
21
Backers
$2,215
pledged of $4,000 goal
Funding Canceled Funding for this project was canceled by the project creator on June 9, 2012.
Funding period
May 9, 2012 -
Jun 11, 2012
(33 days)
- 5 created · 1 backed
- Cameron Texter 71 friends
- Website: lynventions.com
Pledge $1 or more
1 backer
Donate Any Amount - If you donate ANY amount for this reward, I will put your name on the Lynny product website on a special page for supporters. I will also send you the digital desktop wallpaper for the Lynny in high resolution. You will also be among the first to be updated on the Lynny, to be let known when it's launched and ready to be sold. I will also send you a thank you email with a nice design, thanking you for your support. And to add on top of all of this, I will send you my eBook, "Inspiring Images Photo Book" a really nice book on photography that has made a lot of sales and is rated high.
Estimated delivery: Jun 2012Pledge $25 or more
1 backer
Awesome Package - I will send you by email, a personalized thank you note, with the digital Lynny product wallpaper. Your name will be featured on the Lynny product website on the supporters page for all to see. Your name, when clicked, will take the clicker to any web address you would like me to link to it (certain restrictions may apply) You will also be among the first to be updated on the Lynny, to be let known when it's launched and ready to be sold.
Estimated delivery: Jun 2012Pledge $50 or more
2 backers Limited (98 of 100 left)
PROMOTION: Be among the first 100 people to choose this extremely inexpensive and affordable $50 pledge and receive an original Lynny for your SLR/DSLR camera. (Extra lens(es) not included. Just the basic Lynny, but still fully functional and still amazing.) Once the project is successfully funded, I will ask what brand the camera you own is and I will send you the adapter with the lens, for your camera. Your name will be featured on the Lynny product website for all to see. --Free shipping to US residents. **Add extra $15 for international shipping if you live outside of the US**
Estimated delivery: Aug 2012Pledge $75 or more
0 backers Limited (50 of 50 left)
PROMOTION: Be among the first 50 people to choose this $75 reward and receive a Lynny Pro for your SLR/DSLR camera (with wide angle lens). Once the project is successfully funded, I will ask what brand the camera you own is and I will send you the adapter with the lens, for your camera. If you live in US, it's free shipping. If you live outside US, the shipping is $25, so there is a minimum of $100 required if you live outside of the US and you want to participate in this promotion.
Estimated delivery: Aug 2012Pledge $75 or more
0 backers Limited (50 of 50 left)
PROMOTION: Be among the first 50 people to choose this $75 reward and receive a Lynny Zoom for your SLR/DSLR camera (with telephoto lens). Once the project is successfully funded, I will ask what brand the camera you own is and I will send you the adapter with the lens, for your camera. If you live in US, it's free shipping. If you live outside US, the shipping is $25, so there is a minimum of $100 required if you live outside of the US and you want to participate in this promotion.
Estimated delivery: Aug 2012Pledge $95 or more
1 backer
Super Single Package 1 - I will send you a Lynny Pro for your SLR/DSLR camera (with wide angle lens). Once the project is successfully funded, I will ask what brand the camera you own is and I will send you the adapter with the lens, for your camera. Your name will be featured on the Lynny product website for all to see. ---EXTRA: You'll also get a 2gb SD card. --Free shipping to US residents. **Add extra $25 for international shipping if you live outside of the US**
Estimated delivery: Aug 2012Pledge $95 or more
0 backers
Super Single Package 2 - I will send you a Lynny Zoom for your SLR/DSLR camera (with telephoto lens). Once the project is successfully funded, I will ask what brand the camera you own is and I will send you the adapter with the lens, for your camera. Your name will be featured on the Lynny product website for all to see. ---EXTRA: You'll also get a 2gb SD card. --Free shipping to US residents. **Add extra $25 for international shipping if you live outside of the US**
Estimated delivery: Aug 2012Pledge $105 or more
15 backers Limited (35 of 50 left)
PROMOTION: Be among the first 50 people to choose this $105 reward and receive a Lynny Pro Advent for your SLR/DSLR camera (with telephoto lens, wide angle lens, and macro lenses). Once the project is successfully funded, I will ask what brand the camera you own is and I will send you the adapter with the lens, for your camera. If you live in US, it's free shipping. If you live outside US, the shipping is $30, so there is a minimum of $135 required if you live outside of the US and you want to participate in this promotion.
Estimated delivery: Aug 2012Pledge $125 or more
0 backers
The "Companion" Package - This is to be chosen as a companion to your Lynny Pro, Zoom, and Advent models. This package comes with the "Artistic Effects Lens Cap" (See the last 2 photos in the description for what it is). You also get a fully functional and working film SLR camera, a roll of film, and an adapter for the SLR (I will choose the SLR), along with the adapter for your current SLR if it's different. I will also post your name and website on the supporters page on the Lynny Lens website. You will also receive a digital copy of my book, Inspiring Images Photo Book, which is for sale on iBooks store, Amazon Kindle, and Barnes and Noble Nook store, and has great reviews. It's a photography book. ***This is to only be chosen with a Lynny Pro, Zoom, or Advent you get from another reward.***
Estimated delivery: Aug 2012Pledge $130 or more
0 backers
Super Single Package 3 - I will send you a Lynny Pro Advent for your SLR/DSLR camera (with telephoto lens, wide angle lens, and macro lenses). Once the project is successfully funded, I will ask what brand the camera you own is and I will send you the adapter with the lens, for your camera. Your name will be featured on the Lynny product website for all to see, and your name will link to any web address of your choice (certain restrictions may apply). --Free shipping to US residents. **Add extra $25 for international shipping if you live outside of the US**
Estimated delivery: Aug 2012Pledge $165 or more
0 backers
The Double Package 1 - I will send you 2 Lynny Pros for your SLR/DSLR camera(s). Or you can own one and give the other as a gift. Once the project is successfully funded, I will ask what brand the camera you own is and I will send you the adapter with the lens, for your camera. Your name will be featured on the Lynny product website for all to see, and your name will link to any web address of your choice (certain restrictions may apply). --Free shipping to US residents. **Add extra $30 for international shipping if you live outside of the US**
Estimated delivery: Aug 2012Pledge $165 or more
0 backers
The Double Package 2 - I will send you 2 Lynny Zooms for your SLR/DSLR camera(s). Or you can own one and give the other as a gift. Once the project is successfully funded, I will ask what brand the camera you own is and I will send you the adapter with the lens, for your camera. Your name will be featured on the Lynny product website for all to see, and your name will link to any web address of your choice (certain restrictions may apply). --Free shipping to US residents. **Add extra $30 for international shipping if you live outside of the US**
Estimated delivery: Aug 2012Pledge $175 or more
0 backers
The Duo Package 1 - I will send you 2 Lynny Pros for your SLR/DSLR camera(s) (with wide angle lens). The difference between the lenses is one will be the close up Lynny Pro and the other will be the regular Lynny Pro. Once the project is successfully funded, I will ask what brand the camera you own is and I will send you the adapter with the lens, for your camera. Your name will be featured on the Lynny product website for all to see and your name will link to any website you choose (certain restrictions may apply). ---EXTRA: I will also send you a 1gb SD card. --Free shipping to US residents. **Add extra $30 for international shipping if you live outside of the US**
Estimated delivery: Aug 2012Pledge $175 or more
0 backers
The Duo Package 2 - I will send you 2 Lynny Zooms for your SLR/DSLR camera(s) (with telephoto lens). The difference between the lenses is one will be the close up Lynny Zoom and the other will be the regular Lynny Zoom. Once the project is successfully funded, I will ask what brand the camera you own is and I will send you the adapter with the lens, for your camera. Your name will be featured on the Lynny product website for all to see and your name will link to any website you choose (certain restrictions may apply). ---EXTRA: I will also send you a 1gb SD card. --Free shipping to US residents. **Add extra $30 for international shipping if you live outside of the US**
Estimated delivery: Aug 2012Pledge $245 or more
1 backer
The Double Package 3 - I will send you 2 Lynny Pro Advents for your SLR/DSLR camera(s) (with telephoto lens, wide angle lens, and macro lenses). One can be for you and the other could be someone's gift. Once the project is successfully funded, I will ask what brand the camera you own is and I will send you the adapter with the lens, for your camera. Your name will be featured on the Lynny product website for all to see and your name will link to any website you choose (certain restrictions may apply). ---EXTRA: I will also send you a 2gb SD card. --Free shipping to US residents. **Add extra $35 for international shipping if you live outside of the US**
Estimated delivery: Aug 2012Pledge $275 or more
0 backers Limited (20 of 20 left)
PROMOTION: Be among the first 20 people to choose this $275 reward and receive 2 Lynny Pros for your SLR/DSLR camera. One is the regular Lynny Pro, and the other is the close up Lynny Pro. You will also receive a randomly chosen (by me) film SLR camera to work with the Lynny Pro (model chosen at random also). Once the project is successfully funded, I will ask what brand the camera you own is and I will send you the adapter with the lens, for your camera, while also including the adapter for the SLR I choose. You'll also get a personal, handwritten and signed thank you note in the package. If you live in US, it's free shipping. If you live outside US, the shipping is $30, so there is a minimum of $280 required if you live outside of the US and you want to participate in this promotion.
Estimated delivery: Aug 2012Pledge $275 or more
0 backers Limited (20 of 20 left)
PROMOTION: Be among the first 20 people to choose this $275 reward and receive 2 Lynny Zooms for your SLR/DSLR camera. One is the regular Lynny Zoom, and the other is the close up Lynny Zoom. You will also receive a randomly chosen (by me) film SLR camera to work with the Lynny Zoom (model chosen at random also). Once the project is successfully funded, I will ask what brand the camera you own is and I will send you the adapter with the lens, for your camera, while also including the adapter for the SLR I choose. You'll also get a personal, handwritten and signed thank you note in the package. If you live in US, it's free shipping. If you live outside US, the shipping is $30, so there is a minimum of $280 required if you live outside of the US and you want to participate in this promotion.
Estimated delivery: Aug 2012Pledge $335 or more
0 backers
The Double Duo Package 1 - I will send you 4 Lynny Pros for your SLR/DSLR camera(s). The difference between the lenses is two will be close up Lynny Pros, and the other two will be regular Lynny Pros. Once the project is successfully funded, I will ask what brand the camera you own is and I will send you the adapter with the lens, for your camera. I will also include a handwritten thank you note in the package. Your name will be featured on the Lynny product website for all to see and your name will link to any web address you choose (certain restrictions may apply). ---EXTRAS: I will also send you a 2gb SD card and a mini tripod. --Free shipping to US residents. **Add extra $30 for international shipping if you live outside of the US**
Estimated delivery: Aug 2012Pledge $335 or more
0 backers
The Double Duo Package 2 - I will send you 4 Lynny Zooms for your SLR/DSLR camera(s). The difference between the lenses is two will be close up Lynny Zooms, and the other two will be regular Lynny Zooms. Once the project is successfully funded, I will ask what brand the camera you own is and I will send you the adapter with the lens, for your camera. I will also include a handwritten thank you note in the package. Your name will be featured on the Lynny product website for all to see and your name will link to any web address you choose (certain restrictions may apply). ---EXTRAS: I will also send you a 2gb SD card and a mini tripod. --Free shipping to US residents. **Add extra $30 for international shipping if you live outside of the US**
Estimated delivery: Aug 2012Pledge $450 or more
0 backers
The Quad Package - I will send you 4 Lynny Pro Advents for your SLR/DSLR camera(s). One could be for you and the others could be gifts. Once the project is successfully funded, I will ask what brand the camera you own is and I will send you the adapter with the lens, for your camera. I will also include a handwritten thank you note in the package. Your name will be featured on the Lynny product website for all to see and your name will link to any web address you choose (certain restrictions may apply). ---EXTRAS: I will also send you a 8gb SD card. --Free shipping to US residents. **Add extra $30 for international shipping if you live outside of the US**
Estimated delivery: Aug 2012
