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Great Photos – Simple Cameras: From Holga to Pinhole: An Alternative Approach to Creative Photography $23.07 When we look at everyday life, we realize that it is far from easy. Indeed, we are often confronted with the contrary: complicated instead of simple; demanding instead of effortless. As photographers, we face a similar situation with regard to our chosen hobby. The camera and computer are wonderful technical instruments, but their growing complexity can sometimes take away from the joy we find whe… |
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Pinhole Bodyscapes: Pinhole Camera Color Nude Photographs $7.99 Pinhole Camera Color Nude Photographs This album of bodyscapes was made with two pinhole cameras. Both of the cameras are commercially available for about $50 each. One is the Pinhole Blender Mini 120 and the other is the Holga 120WPC. The Pinhole Blender curves the film and multiple images can be overlapped and blended with feathered edges. The Holga is a wide-angle camera, producing 6x9cm and 6x… |
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Manuale Di Tecniche Fotografiche Creative (Italian Edition) $33.97 Manuale di tecniche fotografiche creative, dallo sprocket holes alle toy cameras, dal foro stenopeico alle stampe atipiche, passando per il bianco e nero e l’Infrarosso digitale. Una guida pratica, agile, riccamente illustrata, con numerosi esempi e testi che oltre a spiegare le diverse tecniche spiegano anche perch» dedicarsi alla fotografia creativa. Per chi vuole saperne di pi_, e divertirsi r… |
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Lomography Diana F+ Medium Format Camera $39.95 The Diana F+ is a faithful reproduction and a loving homage to the classic Diana – with a few new features tossed in. Its plastic lens, 2 shutter settings (daylight & “B”), 3 aperture settings, and manual focus are all hallmarks of the original Diana. And on top of that, the Diana F+ offers a removable lens and super-small aperture for pinhole images, two image formats (12 or 16 square shots on a… |
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Holga 156120 Shutter Release Set with Cable Release and Mount $15.61 A must have for every Holga camera! This custom adapter fits snugly over the lens of your Holga camera allowing you to use a cable release. It also does not interfere with the new features of the Holga 120N, FN or CFN including tripod mount and Bulb setting switch. Holga Shutter Release Set comes with shutter release adapter and premium 12 inch shutter release cable with auto lock/unlock mechanism… |
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Lomography Diana F+ Medium Format Camera with Flash $81.99 The Diana F+ is a faithful reproduction and a loving homage to the classic Diana – with a few new features tossed in. Its plastic lens, 2 shutter settings (daylight & “B”), 3 aperture settings, and manual focus are all hallmarks of the original Diana. And on top of that, the Diana F+ offers a removable lens and super-small aperture for pinhole images, two image formats (12 or 16 square shots on a … |
About the most you can have fun with your lens – Lensbaby Lenses for digital cameras
Right at the moment there a digital SLR camera collecting dust on a shelf. It was purchased this past year because the photographer wanted to step from a compact to get better pictures. There was no disappointment, the photographer takes pictures better. However, the camera is always stuck in a closet waiting for the next holiday or event.
It's a shame, really, because the device could be even more appreciated if the photographer could be released from "just another cliche 'frame of reference. By adding just a little creative thinking and spending a little time the camera could do much more than Just keep records of birthdays. Usually it takes is a spark, and shortly after the photographer becomes a whirlwind of creative experimentation.
That spark of creativity can come from a thousand different directions and we discuss several future articles. However, today we will look at the online creative Lensbaby tools. For a growing number of many photographers of their first use of a Lensbaby lens is not so much as a spark to tender, it looks more like a torch to a gas can. The moment the photographer a Lensbaby straps at the front of photography "regular" of their aircraft flies out the window.
So just what is a Lensbaby? Lensbaby is actually a whole range of new image revolves around three distinct objectives. The concept is that the three basic objectives are able to bend, pivot or flex with the result that only selected items from the scene will be developed. The photographer has control over the point of the scene that is developed and how This area is great.
The three basic objectives, or more precisely target organs are the muse, the composer and the Control Freak. All three lenses mounting a camera, as the standard kit lens does. There are large differences in camera handling once a Lensbaby is on the camera. First, say goodbye to autofocus, it's not all. Following the procedure complete program and all of these exposure modes easy icon also disappear. A Lensbaby is at an automatic aperture priority (Av) and Manual exposure mode is even better. Look the three agencies aim.
The Muse is the simplest of the trio and looks like nothing more than a slinky light tight. The Muse can be stretched or compressed to the home and the front element inclined at 360 degrees to select the focusing point. The most eccentric the inclination of the front element is the shallowest depth of field. The Muse can not be operated hands-free, the photographer has always support and edit the item before getting the desired focus and blur. The Muse is the cheapest of the range Lensbaby.
The next step of the ladder is the composer. Composer replace the plastic slinky body of Muse with a ball and socket arrangement. In addition there is a focus ring manual. The composer has the same effect on an image as the Muse, but since there is a focus ring and the ball may be locked into position the composer can be locked Establishment and use hands-free.
The third is the Lensbaby Control Freak. The Control Freak returns to the flexible aspect of the slinky Muse, but adds a locking ring and three threaded adjustment controls. As its name implies, The Control Freak is a question of accuracy and results reproducible. The Lensbaby Control Freak is the most expensive in the group. There are other body Lensbaby lens available, but these three are the main components.
Several times I talked to "bodies and lenses is a good description of the trio Lensbaby. This is because the photographer can change the optical in the organs of lens at all times. The basic objective of all kits come with two lenses in a large double glass element, but there are a total of six lenses available: double glazed windows, single glass, Pinhole / Zone Plate, Soft Focus, Fisheye and plastic. Each set of optics will bring a different flavor and distinct from the table.
To change the optics it simply requires a shift from 10 degrees to the left of the group installed in the optical lens body and a round opposite to install the following package optics. The accessory lens group is packed in a medium that required the objective tool with three pins molded into housing.
I used all versions Lensbaby and I decided to stay with the composer, it allowed me drawing on a tripod and use a trigger. I also chose the optical plastic and Pinhole / Zone Plate optical fixed. In addition Lensbaby Macro lens offers a set of filters that I bought and I'm glad I did, the Lensbaby without the filter set focuses only about 2 feet.
The plastic optical immediately turned my 40D in a Holga camera equivalent. Nice streaky blurs and distortions but it can reach more targeted. I found the more I like the effect when I use f/5.6 aperture. The plastic optical has a particular way to catch the light and I have differences in my images depending on how the lens is mounted in the lens body.
The Pinhole / Zone Plate optical is a blast! Imagine shooting F/177 with the pinhole in place, the world is developed but also soft and dreamy. Decentering the target has little effect on the image. Plate area on the other hand is about to swing F/17 does change the focus area point. In addition, the effect Zone Plate treats light like ripples in a pond, light sources show rings of alternating light and darkness around the central illumination source.
Prices start at about $ 150 for The Muse, $ 250 on the composer, and 350 $ For the inspection bodies with the objective Freak Double optical glass. Optical accessory packages such as plastic and Pinhole / Zone plate optics can cost as little as $ 40.
In total, the Lensbaby lens system and optics to open a wide world of creativity. Photographers that are blocked to find a creative spark Lensbabies be a breath of fresh air. After using the lens system since several years I have yet to tire of the fact that I can create with mine.
About the Author
Stu Eddins is blogger, instructor, merchandiser, and is generally in charge of a lot of things for Porter’s Digital Cameras and Imaging. Visit their site at www.porters.com. Years of experience over the counter and in classrooms have turned Stu into an evangelist for image preservation, capturing and sharing memories, and helping people understand digital cameras, digital camera lenses.
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