Iranian photographer and camera tinkerer Alireza Rostami wanted to shoot tilt-shift photos but found the specialized lenses too expensive, so instead he decided to make himself a selective focus lens using a cheap CV boot.
Rostami needed a lens that could project an image circle big enough to avoid vignetting while adjusting his selective focus, […]. petapixel.com
Lensbaby’s creative selective focus lenses like the Composer Pro will run you around $400; even the relatively affordable Spark costs $90. If all of that sounds too expensive for your taste, you should definitely check out this hacked version Mathieu Stern created for just 30 bucks! Stern’s penchant for weird lenses and optical experimentation led […] petapixel.com »
2017-03-01 21:10
I have stitched many panoramas, including those I took with my Canon 24 mm TS lens by shifting the lens from side to side. The TS lens gives easy-to-stitch frames. One uncontrolled element that remains in that case is the parallax shift because the lens position changes.
Fujifilm has revealed an updated lens roadmap for both the medium format GFX system and its X Series mirrorless cameras. Fujifilm promises that 17 lenses are currently on the development roadmap for its medium format system.
Redditor Whomstevest has designed and 3d-printed a fully-functional Canon EF to RF tilt adapter and provided the design so that you can build your own at home. The adapter allows any Canon EF lens to adapt to an RF body and features infinity focus, 7 degrees of tilt, and 180 degrees of rotation. The adapter […]
The Royal Observatory Greenwich’s Insight Investment 2020 Astrophotographer of the Year, Nicolas Lefaudeux, has revealed his technique and the simple DIY adapter that made his award-winning image of the Andromeda galaxy possible.
Fresh from Canon, this morning the popular camera manufacturer has unveiled a new macro twin-flash system, as well as its first macro tilt-shift lenses — and there’s three of them. Canon Macro Twin-Lite MT-26EX-RT Flash The macro twin-flash, known as the Canon Macro Twin-Lite MT-26EX-RT Flash, will “further enhance a photographer’s ability to shoot macro photos,” […]