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Lens-Whacking and other dirty secrets

briano.de.rhino · 2013-01-08 20:35:04

I saw the filmriot episode on lenswhacking the other week. It is where you take the lens off your dslr and hold it close to the camera and you get a jiggly sort of camera effect. Quite novel. The macro focus range is about 12 inches on my 50mm lens. But if I lens whack, I can get right up close to an object and get it in…

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08-01-2013 9:35pm

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briano.de.rhino

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I saw the filmriot episode on lenswhacking the other week.

It is where you take the lens off your dslr and hold it close to the camera and you get a jiggly sort of camera effect. Quite novel.

The macro focus range is about 12 inches on my 50mm lens. But if I lens whack, I can get right up close to an object and get it in focus while the background is way, way blown out. Crazy narrow depth of field and I dont have to be 12 inches away from an object.

My wife was messing around tonight and she did the lens-whack while turning the lens backwards and got a zoom like effect. Interesting.

Anyone got any other tips or tricks?

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