Homemade Toy Lens

[BKSPicture]

Been playing around with my Homemade Toy lenses for some time.
I have taken lenses elements and things I have found in other products and then glued them in a lenshousing.















Someone else have similar project that have done?

 

[JAC526]

I love the shot of the dog. Really cool.

 

[maris]

Yes! Home made lenses open up possibilities not available from the camera store. Here is one of mine:

Casuarina Grove, Soft Focus

Gelatin-silver photograph on Fomabrom Variant 111 VC FB photographic paper, image area 19.6cm X 24.7cm, exposed in contact with a Fomapan 200 8x10 negative from a Tachihara 810HD large format field view camera equipped with a 400mm f11 single meniscus plastic lens set into a Copal #3 shutter.



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[BKSPicture]

Yes! Home made lenses open up possibilities not available from the camera store. Here is one of mine:

Casuarina Grove, Soft Focus

Gelatin-silver photograph on Fomabrom Variant 111 VC FB photographic paper, image area 19.6cm X 24.7cm, exposed in contact with a Fomapan 200 8x10 negative from a Tachihara 810HD large format field view camera equipped with a 400mm f11 single meniscus plastic lens set into a Copal #3 shutter.



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That looks great!
And on large format is also always awesome.
Negaives can't get to big

 

[arkipix1001]

great shots...

 

[XitzpatX]

How did you make your own toy lenses? I'd love to try it

 

[BKSPicture]

How did you make your own toy lenses? I'd love to try it

I have a post on my blog about this.
http://blog.bkspicture.com/tips_and_tricks_Homemade_Toy_Lens.html

 

[terri]

These are so beautiful. I appreciate your ingenuity (and yours too, maris!) I love the look, but have never taken the time to do anything like this. I don't venture much past Holga or a couple of my antique cameras that still shoot. Even they don't look as cool as these. :thumbup:

Well done!