In case you’re the experimental sort who treads the DIY route along with your gear from time to time, right here’s a weekend challenge you may wish to strive. Rise as much as the problem with one other enjoyable hack from our favourite bizarre lens fanatic Mathieu Stern: a DIY plastic lens for digital cameras!
Within the video above, the Paris-based photographer and filmmaker shares the outcome from a DIY plastic lens he made out of a Kodak disposable digicam. He ended up with a tiny 30mm fastened aperture lens (f/10) which he paired along with his full-frame Sony a7 digicam.
Nevertheless, as you possibly can in all probability already inform, this setup comes with some drawbacks. Because the plastic lens is focus-free, getting correctly targeted photographs tends to be hit or miss. Shut-up pictures, due to this fact, aren’t doable. However with the assistance of a fellow photographer’s tweaks within the design and 3D printing magic, a brand new and improved “Kodaflex” DIY plastic lens was born. With its focus ring, Stern was capable of get very exact focus even at shut distances.
So, is that this one thing you wish to strive on your personal DIY plastic lens challenge? Any enhancements you’d wish to make? Share your ideas with us within the feedback under!
