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1

Not $1000

I use a $150 Lensbaby lens and have had great results with it. I would think that would be a lot sturdier than something handmade.

2

great article

I love a DIY how to - even if I did read it years late!

3

Very interesting. But

Very interesting. But doesn't the bellows change a lens into a close-focus macro lens? Can you tell what kind of lense did you use (focal lenght)?
Thanks

4

lens focal length

Do you recommend any particular focal length for this hack? Wide angle, normal, telephoto?

5

The lens....

What do you mean by oversized lens?

6

exellent

exellent

7

tilt and shift

Very neat and cheap , Nice job !

8

you rock!

thanx

9

thank you!

Very cool DIY, when I have the time I am going to try this out!

10

$150 Lens Baby

Yes,, but the lens baby is either tilt OR shift...not both.... ??

11

AWESOME

I will build this!

12

andres salas

aso_70@hotmail.com
Hi from Spain, i bought a m42 pentacom 50mm for my slr pentax and i try to do it.
well, i´ll see that it i separate the lens from camera, i obtain a blurry image, more distance more blurry, i dont know how i can focus whith this tecnic.i only focus if i have a object very closer, if fact i have a rings for macro that do this, but i cannot use your tecnic.
Can you help me?
thanks

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4ALL

You have to use a mid-format lens (a Biometar 80/2.8 is an ideal one; it's the one used by the author here).
There are 2 ways of focusing: by lengthening/shortening the bellows and by turning the focus ring on the lens itself.

14

help?

I just made this. I spent a lot of time on it only to be disapointed. It seems like the farther away I get the more in focus it becomes. Any help?

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