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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,…



Manual Lens From PVC Pipes

Nov 18, 2010 Udi Tirosh

There are proven ways to become a professional photographer, ask Zack Arias. Looks like building your own lenses (which we have done before) ranks pretty…



Shoot 3D with a Single Camera and Lens

Sep 12, 2010 Udi Tirosh

In the past, we covered some nifty ways to create 3D images with a single camera. Or even with two cameras, or a 3D-printed invention….



Everything You wanted To Know about DIYing a Tilt Shift Lens For Less Than $10

Aug 9, 2010 Udi Tirosh

Tilt Shift Lenses are cool. They are those lenses that allow you to take those miniature looking photographs. I dare you to get a real…