They just about manages to hit their goal of 0,000 ... about 13 times over, in one month! <[URL]http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/lomography/the-lomography-petzval-po[/URL] rtrait-lens/> 45 hours to go, then the project will start for real. They've put up some test shots the last few days, like this f2.2 one: <[URL]http://cdn.lomography.com/downloads/kickstarter/lomography-petzval-kicks[/URL] tarter_update_15_aperture_2-8.jpg> Which isn't really all that sharp in the middle, but that was part of a aperture testing series. Here's another one: <[URL]http://cdn.lomography.com/downloads/kickstarter/lomography-petzval-kicks[/URL] tarter_update_14_canon-5d_closeup.jpg> Which quite nicely captures the iconic petzval effect. These are test units and they're apparently tweaking them all the time. Here is one where sharpness can be judged: <[URL]http://cdn.lomography.com/downloads/kickstarter/lomography-petzval-kicks[/URL] tarter_update_14_portrait_lens.jpg> It's not a supersharp lens by any stretch of the imagination. Another full resolution image: <[URL]http://cdn.lomography.com/downloads/kickstarter/lomography-petzval-kicks[/URL] tarter_update_14_canon-5d_bird.jpg> This is an amazing shot, and I love this effect, but again, it's not all that sharp in the center. A DX shot: <[URL]http://cdn.lomography.com/downloads/kickstarter/lomography-petzval-kicks[/URL] tarter_update_14_nikon-d3200_street.jpg> Very blurry. I don't need it to be super sharp, but I would want it to be sharper than this. I don't know if they've used live view when focusing. Anyway, exciting lens!