With regards to bizarre lenses, Mathieu Stern is just about the undisputed king. Nevertheless it appears now we have a contender for that title who’s out to show that you should use just about something as a digicam lens – so long as it’s a pinhole digicam lens – as German movie director and photographer Simon Meyer has been exhibiting off on TikTok. All the things from potatoes and footwear to rolls of bathroom paper and even a cuddly toy Elmo.
As talked about, you might be restricted to principally utilizing it as a pinhole digicam, however in a different way sized objects primarily mean you can get a special focal size. Certain, you might simply use an empty tube for one thing like this and reduce it to to the size you want, however the place’s the enjoyable in that?
@simonmeyer_director I made a diy lens out of a potatoe 😂 #pictures #tutorial #diy
The fundamental precept of utilizing something as a pinhole digicam lens is that you just actually simply want a straight view by means of from the sensor to the opposite finish of no matter has the tiny pinhole in it. Within the case of the video above, it’s a potato. Within the one under, it’s a shoe!
@simonmeyer_director I used a shoe as a lens 😂🙏 #filmmaker #diy #tutorial #photographytricks #sonya7iii #blackmagicpocketcinema4k #fypシ
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Whereas utilizing this stuff doesn’t actually supply any sensible benefit over simply making a tube reduce to size as a pinhole digicam, it’s definitely much more enjoyable. And talking of simply utilizing aa tube as a pinhole lens on your digicam, right here’s a roll of bathroom paper.
@simonmeyer_director That is how I made a lens out of toiletpaper 😂🙏 #pictures #photographersoftiktok #2022 #toiletpaper #sony #cameralenses #arricamera
Simon is open to taking requests for his pinhole digicam lenses, even responding to 1 follower that stated he ought to make a lens out of Elmo. Don’t present your youngsters this one. Seeing Elmo having a gap made in his head after which spinning round on a drill goes to offer them nightmares for all times.
@simonmeyer_director Reply to @sallimartin I did it 🙏😂 elmo digicam lens! #digicam #phototricks #photographytricksandtips #analoguefilm #vintagecamera #filmtricks #fypシ
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I actually hope it is a collection that Simon continues to work on, as a result of they’re a number of enjoyable to look at and the images every of those “lenses” produces are literally fairly attention-grabbing and have a really retro-looking really feel. You’ll be able to observe Simon’s journey with bizarre lenses in addition to some behind the scenes from his actual shoots over on TikTok!
