I found these inexpensive kaleidoscopes and thought it would be fun to try to add them to the lens of my "point and shoot" digital camera. It was difficult to hold the scope, find a subject and push the button. (No jokes about walking and chewing gum, please). Duct Tape to the rescue! Turn on your camera. Line up the scope with the lens opening and wrap a piece of tape gently around both. It's that simple.
The only problem is that my lens retracts if I don't take a picture once in a while. I'm sure nothing would break, but it might mess up the tape so I just snap often.
A word about the scopes. I found most of these at Michael's for $1.49. You can find them at speciality toy shops and art museum gift shops. They are online at Oriental Trading or here as well as many other places. There are several different lens configurations including triangles (classic), diamonds, circles and lines. Try them all.
Use your photos to make cards or cool desktop wallpapers.
4 comments:
Fun technique & photos! Thanks for posting. I would never have thought of doing this, but these could make interesting backgrounds or...
Warning: some point and shoot lenses, especially Canon's, are very touchy. They will break if knocked out of alignment even slightly, so try not to let the lens retract with the tape on.
Also...cool pics!
Thanks for the warning!
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