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    The Frankenlens Is A Polaroid/GH2 Hybrid
    Jun 6, 2012 Udi Tirosh

    We have seen our share of old lenses / new cameras before. But nothing as frenkensteinish as this GH2/Polaroid hybrid from Gabriel Verdugo. The franken…

    Print Your Own Tilt-Shift Lens
    May 9, 2012 Udi Tirosh

    A few weeks back I wrote about what rapid prototyping is doing to the traditional photography industry (well, any industry for that matter). So it…

    We’re Giving Away A Tamron 18-270mm F/3.5-6.3 Di II VC PZD
    Apr 23, 2012 Udi Tirosh

    Tamron, our awesome sponsor is giving DIYP readers a Tamron 18-270mm Di II VC PZD lens (value $649) . UPDATE: The giveaway is now over,…

    Using A Red Dot Sight For Easy Acquisition On Long Lenses
    Mar 19, 2012 Udi Tirosh

    Long lenses can sometimes be hard to aim. It is hardest when you try to find a subject against a featureless backdrop, and even harder…

    Comparing Teleconverters In Africa
    Mar 8, 2012 Benjamin von Wong

    Hey guys! Benjamin Von Wong – Montreal Based photographer here to talk about a couple neat devices I borrowed from the nice fellows over at…

    Create A Tilt-Shift Lens From A Shower Head A Rubber Glove And a Nifty Fifty
    Feb 14, 2012 Udi Tirosh

    Flickr user Maciej Pietuszynski (blog) had a great shower when the idea of combining a shower head, a rubber glove and an old nifty fifty…

    Show Your Lens Some Love By Making It A Carbon Fiber Hood
    Feb 13, 2012 Udi Tirosh

    Carbon Fiber is the new Titanium! All the good stuff is made with carbon fiber, the nice tripods, the nice monopods, the nice rigs and…

    Object Of Desire – 10.5mm Lens Cap
    Feb 2, 2012 Udi Tirosh

    Having lost his Nikon 10.5mm lens cap, photographer Stu Carlson used the bottom end of a Dr. pepper bottle to cap his lens.

    Keep Your Lens Cap Safe With A DIY Nice Clip
    Dec 6, 2011 Udi Tirosh

    A while back we shared a niec little clip called the Nice Clip. It is a clip that attaches to the lens cap and make…

    Using a Nikon Lens As A Telescope (Or A Microscope)
    Nov 2, 2011 Udi Tirosh

    It turns out the in the “old days”, when we still had aperture rings on our Nikon lenses, Nikon used to sell a something called…