Bigfacebox, a Simple Way to Gigantify Your Head
Turn a box, a plastic lens, and some LEDs into a goofy-fun head magnifier.
lenses
Hand Grinding a Telescope Mirror
This is how you make a telescope mirror out of a hunk of glass.
Handy Lens Cap Clip
We’ve covered a couple of clever len-cap-retaining tricks before. My favorite is probably the “lens cap buckle” strap attachment Adam covered back in June, which I like because it requires no modification of the lens cap itself. But this recently crowd-funded stick-on Nice Clip product has a lot going for it, too: It’s cheaper, for one, and…
Weekend Project: Macro Photography On a Budget
Pringles-can lens extender produces dazzling ultra close-ups for peanuts. Thanks go to Haje Jan Kamps for the original article in MAKE, Volume 06. To download The Macro Photography On a Budget video click here and subscribe in iTunes. Check out the complete Macro Photography On a Budget article in MAKE, Volume 06 and you can […]
Weekend Project: Macro Photography On a Budget (PDF)
Pringles-can lens extender produces dazzling ultra close-ups for peanuts. Thanks go to Haje Jan Kamps for the original article in MAKE, Volume 06. View the PDF of this project. and then subscribe to MAKE Magazine for other great projects you can do over the weekend.
Make lenses from Jell-O
The Optical Society of America has a very cool site about the science of light. I found instructions for making lenses from Jell-O and ice, with a great explanation of how lenses work.
