• By Mark Wilson
    Feb 15, 2008 9:12 AM 17,713
    more about

    #cameras

    Avatar: The Result of a Quest for the Holy Grail of Cameras

    Gifts for Aspiring Artsy Photographers

    Spy Camera Detector Guarantees Your Privates Are on the Internet
    read more: #photography, #cameras, #gadgets, #hacks, #mods, #lenses

    Homemade Bellows Lens Captures Antique Images

    This custom bellows lens fits on a modern Nikon and captures that early 20th century tilt-shifting style like nothing else. Sacrificing a $5 vintage folding camera, the lens complete with the accordion wrap was carefully extracted with an X-acto knife. From there, the casing was reattached to a new Nikon extension tube and voila! So was the result worth all the fuss? You can decide for yourself with these shots taken by the camera:


    The lens ended up best suited for macro (close-up) work, but we dig the results all the same. [mkaz via MAKE]


    Send an email to Mark Wilson, the author of this post, at mark@gizmodo.com.