Here's one to ponder

12 years 10 months ago #101047 by The Time Capturer
Cool, but, I'm thinking limited usage.

Sure, practice makes perfect but, unless you learn from your mistakes, you are only perfecting your ability to fail.
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12 years 10 months ago #101065 by icepics
Do you mean a square lens or a multi-image filter has limited usage?? LOL The multi-image is more special effects; got mine at a camera shop that was going out of business (unfortunately) and they were clearing out stuff that must have been in a back room somewhere for 20+ years!

Sharon
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12 years 10 months ago #101073 by The Time Capturer
I was talking about the multi image filter, as I see it as a toy that can create some cool effects for specific images but not a daily use item. I'm sure they were designed for a specific purpose, other than a novelty item, and someone, somewhere has found a professional application for it.

I guess you could say the same for a square lens. But, when I read your question, something different entered my mind. Imagine a rectangular lens than was wider than it was tall. That would capture some nice panoramic landscapes and, because the sensor is also generally rectangular, the full image would be recorded. The final image can be cropped to remove the anomilies in the corners and, well, you can see where I'm going here...

Sure, practice makes perfect but, unless you learn from your mistakes, you are only perfecting your ability to fail.
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12 years 10 months ago #101123 by John Landolfi
:huh: :side: We neeed an appropriate comment here, SN!


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12 years 10 months ago #101665 by icepics
Yeah a multi image is just for special effects. I wouldn't have one but these places locally kept going out of business and selling off odds and ends real cheap. And I come along and think - that's cool and I'll figure out something to do w/it eventually.

I just figured out how a square lens could work, they already exist (sort of). When you focus a camera the lens moves closer to or farther away from the subject. Cameras w/bellows are square-ish but the lens opening is round (and the one I have focuses by moving the camera forward and back on a rail).

I don't know that it matters what shape the lens barrel is, its purpose I is to transmit the light isn't it? Probably round lenses are more efficient and focus more smoothly, and as someone said don't have angles for light to bounce off.

Sharon
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12 years 10 months ago #101841 by The Time Capturer
The strangest attachment I've ever seen for a camera is a 90 degree mirror.

Remember when we were kids, we had a periscope with a mirror at the bottom and one at the top for "peeking" over fences or around corners? That's what this attachment is for. Gee, I wonder what it's purpose is? ...and no, I don't own one.

The oddest attachment I have is an adapter that allows a camera to connect to a spotting scope, telescope, microscope, etc. However, I bought it used from eBay and it didn't come with instructions, and I've never figured out how to use it (as far as focus and focal distance goes).

BTW, does anyone here know how to use this item?

Sure, practice makes perfect but, unless you learn from your mistakes, you are only perfecting your ability to fail.
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12 years 10 months ago #101857 by Graflex 4x5

The Time Capturer wrote: ...

The oddest attachment I have is an adapter that allows a camera to connect to a spotting scope, telescope, microscope, etc. However, I bought it used from eBay and it didn't come with instructions, and I've never figured out how to use it (as far as focus and focal distance goes).

BTW, does anyone here know how to use this item?


I have a T mount to put my camera onto a telescope I have, is it one of them? Can you post a pic of this beast?

No matter how fast I go, there's always someone slower in front of me.
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12 years 10 months ago #101881 by The Time Capturer

Graflex 4x5 wrote:

The Time Capturer wrote: ...

The oddest attachment I have is an adapter that allows a camera to connect to a spotting scope, telescope, microscope, etc. However, I bought it used from eBay and it didn't come with instructions, and I've never figured out how to use it (as far as focus and focal distance goes).

BTW, does anyone here know how to use this item?


I have a T mount to put my camera onto a telescope I have, is it one of them? Can you post a pic of this beast?


I don't remember now and it was too far back to find it in my eBay listings. It looks similar to this image but has three screws around the perimiter. It also utilizes the lens' filter threads.


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