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    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…

    Build a Lynny – a DIY Lensbaby

    Oct 24, 2011 Udi Tirosh

    This DIY project from Cameron Texter is made after a Lensbaby, but is built completely different. And when we say completely, we mean with tape….

    Convert Your Old Camera To A Backdrop Projector In 10 Easy Steps

    Sep 4, 2011 Udi Tirosh

    If you own one of them 90’s film cameras and stopped using it because digital is so hip right now, you’re gonna dust it off…

    Arrange Your Photo Gear In A Cutlery Tray

    Jul 26, 2011 Udi Tirosh

    Flickr user Stargazer95050 found a neat way to organize his photo gear in a drawer. Using the grooves bumps and slits of a cutlery tray…

    DIY – Micro Adjustment And Calibration Tool For Lenses

    Jun 1, 2011 Udi Tirosh

    Manufactures of cameras and lenses make their equipment to fall into certain quality control standards. But sometimes that may not be good enough. This DIY…

    Freelens By Building Your Own Bellows

    Jun 1, 2011 Udi Tirosh

    Some of the comments about the freelensing quickie we posted were deeply concerned with dust. One way to solve the dust issue is to make…

    Using Transparencies For Delicate Shaped Bokeh Shapes

    Mar 28, 2011 Udi Tirosh

    When it comes to Shaped Bokeh, it is all about the shape of the hole where the light goes through. Heart-shaped hole creates heart-shaped bokeh,…

    In Praise of the 50mm 1.8 Lens

    Dec 1, 2010 Udi Tirosh

    When I was your age, we did not have no fancy zoom lenses, we used to zoom by walking. In the snow. Barefoot. Uphill. OK,…