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DIY tilt-shift lens
Maker Bhautik Joshi built this excellent tilt-shift lens using a T-mount adapter, rubber plumbing coupling, and a medium format lens found on eBay. It may not be as precise as a conventional tilt-shift lens, but it does produce an excellent image at a fraction of the cost.
Infrared baseball cap
Are you constantly hounded by the paparazzi when your bodyguard detail takes PTO? Well, you can rest easy the next time you want to duck out for a pint of Häagen-Dazs at 3AM. Follow this excellent step-by-step instructional video by Minimak and you, too, can have a blindingly awesome infrared LED sombrero.
MAKE Flickr pool weekly roundup
From the MAKE Flickr pool Art show takes over hardware store[above, top-left] Deluxe LCD hacking board [above, top-right] Quick fix for a stripped lens mount Apollo 11’s touchdown indicator [above, bottom-left] DIY Arduino LCD backpack Anamorphic pinhole camera of sturdiness [above, bottom-right]
How-To: Take Schlieren photographs at home
My post last week about shadowgraphy and Schlieren photography generated a lot of enthusiastic responses and not a few requests for a more detailed tutorial. Among the comments was one by Ian Smith, who has a great page here describing his own Schlieren photography set-up. (While you’re there, take a moment to appreciate the fact […]
Quick fix for a stripped lens mount
From the MAKE Flickr pool I was particularly non-plussed upon discovering my vidcam’s lens thread had been stripped while using an exceptionally cheap wide angle attachment. Rather than sending it in for repairs I pondered the options – epoxy? tape? ick! To my surprise, I found that a small piece of fabric placed between the […]
Anamorphic pinhole camera of sturdiness
From the MAKE Flickr pool Flickr member siimvahur built this anamorphic pinhole camera in aluminum enclosure – plus posted a nice collection of build pics here. More: Homemade anamorphic camera
