Make a pinhole lens for your DSLR. Get the pinhole look without the film and the nasty chemicals that go along with it.
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Make a pinhole lens for your DSLR. Get the pinhole look without the film and the nasty chemicals that go along with it.
See the full article on DIY Photography (via Make:)
“Ring light is basically a light that is placed around the objective. In close-up and macro photography it covers the subject with even light that seems to come from all around the lense. This removes all the shadows from the surface of the object. A great thing if you are shooting a photo for a ring that you want to sell on ebay or some hardware close-ups for a review article.”
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Alex sent me a DIY he just posted on how to fit an old Holga camera with a Medium Format digital back!
“We did it with an Imacon 96 digital back, since the company went out of there way to emphasize how it could be “adapted to any camera”…”
Nice.
Making a medium format digital Holga camera [link]
What to do when the global stock of instant film has been depleted? Turn your old Polaroid camera into a web cam! Re-purposing this cultural icon (is it the theme of the week?) is a great idea, bringing this classic design into the 21st century. A great gift idea too.
Long live the Polaroid Webcam [link]
I altered the time stamp so this post shows up yesterday, because I was out having a nice dinner with friends instead of writing this entry. Hope you won’t mind.
Great hack for Canon Nikon D200 owners: make a relatively cheap GPS that will transmit coordinates to the camera. Take a picture, and it gets stamped with the GPS coordinates. Not too shabby. I guess this would be great for traveling bloggers, photojournalists, or even artistic projects.
Canon Nikon D200 hotshoe GPS [link][via]
2009-01-06: Correction. It’s Nikon D200, not Canon! Thanks to Eric Duncan for pointing this out.
This nice contraption is incredibly simple, yet surprisingly effective. It replaces a monopod or tripod where you don’t want to carry a cumbersome piece of equipment. Basically, you screw the spool onto the base of your camera, then you loop the other end of the rope onto your foot. With the correct cord length, your camera will be stabilized because it will be held down by the string as you push it up.
Minimalist travel camera monopod/tripod [link]