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more about #lens OMG! Ponies!: Stop mocking this. It's a tremendous time saver. Do you know how much time, money, and effort I spend on printing out my digital photos and sprink... more » Alex Richards: The easiest and best guide to making your own filter holder and attachments: [eirikso.com] If you get stuck, leave a comment and the author will alm... more » bikehorn86: The bokeh normally assumes the shape of the aperture opening through which the light enters the camera. That means it's normally a circle or a close a... more » kitsuneconundrum: can someone explain the science behind this? magic? care bear meddlings?? more » teamlouish: Or, you can take a piece of black construction paper and cut a shape out of it and tape it to the end of your lens. Cost $0.01 more » FooSchnickens - Full of SCAR: Interesting. Does it have to be a DVD lens? I've got an old non-functioning discman from many moons ago I could salvage the lens out of... more » Musouka: Well, things in Europe are always more expensive. €2,000 pretty much means $2000 in the US. One example being the new PS3 price (€300/$300). more » AndyMac: That's not the "the spare lens shield that came with his camera". It's the lens hood that should always be on the lens when it's in use to prevent st... more » Greg Krynen: This idea may actually work better on a point and click camera. Cell phone cams would also work well for this lens setup. Both have shorter lens lengt... more » RainyDayInterns: OH...it works as lot better with a point-n-shoot: http://www.rainydaymagazine.com/RDM2006/RainyDayPhotography/WideAngle/RDMPhoto_SuperWideAngle.htm more » wingbatwu: how about making a reverse peephole attachment so you can take photos of the inside of people's homes? http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/gadgets/reverse-peep... more » CrispyAardvark: Using this technique, you can pretty much fix any sort of lens, filter etc to your camera. Why not bust open a few of those dollar store prismatic toy... more » bosskev: Given the extremely low-res and cheesy image quality you get, I'd say your describing it, Dan, as a "hotel door" lens is a much more accurate name. I ... more » jetRink: I wonder if the field of view is any larger than the unmodified lens. If not, it would be easier to do this electronically. more » 32ndnote: This is certainly clever. The lens size issue isn't too difficult to fix since you can buy larger peepholes and still keep the price very low. more » something_unique_and_descriptive: That's a lot of glass... more » Shamoononon: I shave my legs.: Why does that guy need to be on his head to take the picture? That makes no sense. more » taciturnforsale: My god that's an expensive batch of camera equipment. more » Nick: i wonder why the dude in the split third photo didn't just bend over and look back between his legs. that is some great teamwork, though. more » Lite: hates Illinois Nazis: Does the gal in the first photo have a massive badonkadonk ass to counterbalance all that dead camera weight or something? more » -
#photography
Bokeh Filter Turns Blurry Lights Into Distinct Shapes
Bokeh, which is the out-of-focus light distortion in the background of a photo, is more and more seen as an aesthetic element of photography. This lens brings it more attention by shaping those blurs into stars, hearts, and more. More » -
#diy
Make a Cellphone Macro Lens From An Old DVD Player
Here's a potentially cheap, but ugly, way to make a macro lens for your cellphone camera. Step 1: take your DVD player apart. More » -
#leaks
Sony's 24.6MP a850 DSLR Leaked, May Be Pricier Than Expected
Sony's a850 DSLR, which looks exactly like the a900, was found lurking in a European online shop both by itself and with a lens kit. The bad part? It might be quite a bit more than the suspected $2,000. More » -
#diy
How to: Make a Fisheye DSLR Lens for $16
Over at Instructables, user Banjomaster shows how to make a fisheye lens for his Nikon D90 for just $16, with the help of one of those wide-angle doorway peephole lenses.
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#lenses
DIY Macro Lens From Old Binoculars
Tired of peeping at your neighbors? Combine the lenses from your old pair of binoculars with a bit of electrical tape and you've got yourself a cheap DIY macro lens. More » -
#imagecache
The Things You Have to Do for Money—and a Good Photo
"OK, I'm ready for everything! EVERYSINGLETHING!" More » -
#cameras
I Could Spend All Day at the Canon Camera Museum
I wish every company who made gadgets did this: The Canon Camera Museum is a comprehensive virtual tour of Canon's camera history. Every DSLR, film camera and point-and-shoot, the history of Canon design and technology, random trivia, it's all there. [Canon via Retro Thing via Wired] -
#review
Sigma's Zoomy 18-250mm Lens Review/Rant: Better to Have 1 Lens or Many?
I was psyched when Sigma sent me an 18-250mm lens to test, because I am lazy and love the idea of a single lens that I can use to take most shots. At $530, it seemed like a decent price for that much range. But then I got to thinking... More » -
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#cameras
The Coolest Lens You'll See Today Tilts, Shifts and Bulges
Canon's new tilt-shift lens—the glass you need to make amazing photos like this without Photosorcery—is an ultra-wide 17mm piece of kit. Also ultra-wide is its price: $2500. But just look at it. [Dvice] -
#cellphonecameras
BlackBerry Bold, Storm No Longer Lack A Gratuitous Zoom Lens Attachment
Brando, never one to miss an opportunity to attach a thing to another unlikely thing, has expanded its mobile phone zoom lens line to include models for the BlackBerry Bold and Storm. More » -
#photography
Unleash Your Inner Voyeur With a Super-Secret Spy Lens
If hiding in the dirty bushes to stalk your ex is cramping your style (and ruining all your black outfits), then perhaps this Super-Secret Spy Lens extension is just what you need. -
#photography
Ball-And-Socket Lensbaby Composer Adds to Distorting Bendy-Lens Line
Lensbaby has just revamped its line of creative bendable "distorting" lenses at Photokina, and added a new type. This new Composer disposes with the bellows bend/focus system of earlier Lensbabies and has ball-and socket twisting with a focusing ring at the front to let you select the in-focus sweet-spot in your photos. It's also got a new Optic Swap system which lets you swap out the lenses inside for different options: these include standard lenses and a Holga-alike plastic lens. The Lensbaby original is replaced by the similar Muse, with the new swap system, the Control Freak which replaces the Lensbaby3G has it too. Both Composer and Control Freak will cost $270, while the Muse is $150. Check out the press release below. More » -
#coffee
Zoom Lens Coffee Mug Helps Keep Photographers Caffeinated
It takes a lot for a coffee cup to impress me. Hell, if no cups were available I would probably have the barista pour coffee into my cupped hands. Still, it is hard not to be taken aback by the nerdy coolness of this zoom lens design. Unfortunately, the cup is only a concept at this point, and making one for yourself could prove to be an expensive little project. But I would be the first in line to buy one if someone produced a version at a reasonable price. [yok2008 via Coolbuzz via Shiny Shiny via Dvice]
