NUKE and NUKEX | Training Resources. Tilt-shift: A DIY Guide. Tilt-shift: A DIY guide By Bhautik Joshi Edited by John Swierzbin Mini-manifesto Selective-focus with tilt-shift lenses has been around for many years, but I think its creative potential for both photo and video (beyond miniaturisation!) Lies largely untapped. By publishing this tutorial I'm hoping that it gets picked up by those of you with real creative talent, and from there you can take it somewhere completely new. Have you ever wondered how tilt-shift miniature photography works and why it looks so strangely convincing? You might have recently seen photographs and video in which real scenes appear to take on a toy-set like appearance.
Click images to embiggen Tilt-shift miniaturisation examples Creative use of selective focus It's even possible to create lenses that will permit you to create tilt-shift miniature videos, like the one below. Click to play Tilt-shift miniaturisation in video DIY tilt-shift lenses covered in this tutorial Page contents copyright (c) Bhautik Joshi, 2010. How to Convert a Holga Lens for Your DSLR for Toy Camera Fun. I have been using Holgas on and off for many years, and I have always had the idea of how to make it digital. There are many current options one being strapping a medium format digital back to your Holga, but that method is very cost prohibitive for most people messing around with toy cameras. I have seen lens mods on DSLR cameras that take the body cap and glue the holga lens on, but they are upwards of 50 bucks each.
I like a challenge so I decided to make one myself! Here is my method for doing so, so you can do it too. You will need the following for this project, this project assumes that you already own a DSLR: A Holga camera. If you can find a broken one, great! The first step to this is to take apart the holga and detach the lens. Next you want to remove the shutter, there will be two screws again, just unscrew them, the shutter assembly will come right off, then you want to remove the square part off of the lens.
Then it’s time to go shooting. A Step-by-Step Guide to Developing B&W Film with Coffee and Vitamin C. Transforming a Canon 18-55mm into a Super Macro Lens. 7.