Lo-Fi lens

[Maisiemouse]

Ok, so I'm a bit bored. I attacked a perfectly decent body cap with a craft knife, added some tin foil, insulating tape and stuck a UV filter on the front to stop dust getting inside. I put a hole in the foil using a No. 12 needle.

Picture #1 shows the 'lens' in place. Picture #2 shows my very first attempt at using it. For the techies out there, the exposure details are f190 @ 4 seconds (an approximation, as I used the 'one elephant, two elephant' method for determining the shutter speed).

I know it's nothing new or particularly impressive, but I got a buzz from doing it :righton:

[AzRich]

Ha! Cool.

Do you think you can make me a 400mm f2.8 with VR when you get a chance?

:)

[sandman]

It's funny , i spent a lot of time around the Bedford area when we used to run clay out the Sandy brickworks .
And i dont remember too many lunatic asylums around there , must have missed them . :lol:
oh and the cameras tilted , thats why the pictures fuzzy . :lol:

thanks for the grin this morning Maisie

Brian

[Maisiemouse]

I'm working on the 400mm at the moment :lol:

Brian - the brickworks at Sandy are no longer there (but there are some at Stewartby - I'm waiting for the right moment to get some night shots there).

The lunatic asylum was renamed 'Beds County Council' some time ago.

Another shot from the MK2 lens (I used a beercan for the aperture bit). This was a 30s exposure, f190, with 4 bursts of full power from a SB24 flash. Gold-toned using PSCS. This is fun!