Update An LCD Hood With An Old VHS Camcorder

A little while back we shared a nifty tutorial on making an LCD hood from a set of hotel keys. Today we are taking it up a notch with a follow up pictorial on making it a fully fledged LCD Lope

In addition to the stuff from the last pictorial you would need an old VHS cam that you can rip the viewfinder from.

Remove the swivel part from the viewfinder

Using another hotel key, make a pattern that is just slightly bigger than the hood, make a square hole in the middle of it to match the view finder. This will be the cover for the LCD hood.

Gaff-tape the cover to make it a firm box-top

Continue gaffing so it until it looks nice and black. Place it over the LCD hood.

Pop the view finder in

And re-place the rubber eye piece

There you have it

http://maciekpp.blogspot.ie/2013/05/get-your-hood-on.html

More Pictorials

Maciej is a master pictorial maker and if you love this style here are a few more awesome pictorials by him:

• The Tasty Ice Cream DIY Softbox Container Pictorial
• How To Instasuqare Your Camera’s View Finder
• How To Give An Old Nifty-Fifty A New Life
• Create A Tilt-Shift Lens From A Shower Head A Rubber Glove And a Nifty Fifty
• Kite Aerial Photography

About The Author

Maciej Pietuszynski is a photographer based in Dublin, Ireland. You can follow his Blog here, his awesome Flickr here, and his instagram account here.