I saw something online about someone making a fisheye lens out of a camera film canister and a peep hole. I haven't had a film canister in forever so I used a bottle lid. It fit better on my camera anyway.
Fisheye Lens
"...it's a lens that makes everything look wierd..."
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Get a cap that's big enough to fit around the lense of your camera.
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Drill a hole in the middle using a bit that's the same size as the peephole you're going to use. Don't go too big!
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Clean up the edges with a chisel if you need to.
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Measure around the inside of your cap and cut out some foam strips to place inside so the cap fits snug on your camera.
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I didn't glue mine in place or anything, but you definitely could. It might be a good idea at this point to paint the inside of your cap black so it's nice and dark when you look through your camera. I didn't and there's a bit of a blue ring around the edge where the light kinda goes through the plastic.
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There's a casing that the peephole screws into that you'll need to take off.
Screw your peephole into the cap, but make sure not to go too far in that you touch the lens on your camera. -
Stick it on your camera, adjust, and that's it.
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This is the same camera position, but with the fisheye.
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September 15, 2008 23:23
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queenfairypants
16 Sep 01:40
Ooo that's so cool and so eeeeasy! I'm getting a drill too! Excuses to use it now :)
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Emily
16 Sep 03:26
yay, thats cool!
cavale
16 Sep 05:20
What sort of camera did you use?
Mi.ezekatze
16 Sep 08:46
Omg, this is AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!
Does this work for digital cameras?
And where do you get that fancy screw thing? I've never seen something like this and right now I'm desperate to try to make such a thing! ^___^
michelle G.
16 Sep 12:03
ooh going to try
Candice C.
16 Sep 12:53
Cavale, I have a Canon Powershot with a zoom lens.<BR>Here's a link:<BR>http://www.intersys.gr/downloads/images/large/PowerShot_A400-green.jpg<BR><BR>I got the peephole at a hardware store (HomeDepot, Lowes) and there's different viewing degrees you can choose from. I think mine is 160°.
Candice C.
16 Sep 13:04
note to self: html line breaks don't work in comments :P
http://www.intersys.gr/downloads/images/large/PowerShot_A400-green.jpg
Taz
16 Sep 16:37
This is superace and so much cheaper than buying a fisheye lens of camera! LOVE IT! Thanks for the tut. x
DIS.AR.RAY
16 Sep 20:37
Thats pretty badass..
Now I just need a peephole.... lol :D
sookie
01 Nov 17:28
Ooo I really gotta try this! The only problem is that I don't know what to use instead of a bottle cap; I have a SLR so I need something much bigger! Any ideas?
Candice C.
01 Nov 18:09
sookie, maybe your could try to find a plastic cup at a 2nd hand shop that fits the circumference you need and cut to the length you need to hold onto your lense. it won't matter if it's tapered (most cups are) just as long as some part of it fits well around your lense without being too far away so you don't have to zoom in too close to get the image from the peephole.
sookie
02 Nov 09:32
Yeah I could try that, thanks a lot!! :)
Twilight lover
12 Apr 23:11
Oh oh oh oh oooooooohhhhhhhhhhh! NEED TO DO!!!!
Crystal W.
27 May 22:11
O.o I HAVE to try this now.
basketofapples
09 Aug 18:07
ooooh! i love this! ive been wanting to save up for a fisheye lens but this seems much easier. i just have to do what sookie does. otherwise, awesome! hardware store here i come! :)
klio
20 Oct 21:17
that's so cool, I'm definitely going to do this!
klio
20 Oct 21:18
that's so cool, I'm definitely going to do this!