How To Make A Tilt-Shift Lens From A Broken Canon EF 50mm f/1.8

Do you have a broken Canon Nifty-Fifty ([shoplink 173]EF 50mm f/1.8[/shoplink]) lying around and maybe want a tilt-shift lens for cheap?

Photographer Witono Halim bought a broken Nifty-Fifty and transformed it in a tilt-shift lens. While the result doesn’t exactly look beautiful it works surprisingly well. The video below gives an idea of the kind of footage you can get.

[via Witono’s Freestyle via ExposureGuide via PetaPixel]
EF 50mm f/1.8
Canon EF 50mm f/1.8

A Bit Of Everything

 

A round-up of interesting stuff not necessarily Canon related


Brilliant Photoshop Tutorial On How To Turn Day To Night – fstoppers

 

Is An Underwater DSLR Housing Worth the Expense? – Photography Bay

This is Why I Won’t Give You My RAW Files – The Phoblographer

How to Eliminate Camera Shake Without Stabilization – The Phoblographer

How The 2014 Ryder Cup was shot! Top photographers reveal the stories behind their favourite pictures – Canon Professional Network

Free Download! Magic Lantern Shooter Cheat Sheet – Magic Lantern Shooter

Canon Lenses On The Panasonic GH4, Using The Metabones Speedbooster Adapter – fstoppers

Site Uses Your Webcam, Facial Recognition and CGI to Show You What You’ll Look Like in 20 Years – PetaPixel

piccure+ Software Promises to Give Your $300 Lens the Magic of a $3,000 Lens – PetaPixel

Photographer Uses Photoshop and Neuroscience to Find Your ‘Ideal’ Self-Image – PetaPixel

Capture One Pro 8 Unveiled; Features Apple Aperture Migrate Option – Photography Bay

Photographer Hacks Together a Leica M4 and Canon xT Into a Digital ‘Frankencamera’ – PetaPixel

Humorous Tutorial Explains Why You Suck at Using Clone Stamp and Manual Cloning in Photoshop – PetaPixel

The Sigma 150-600mm f/5-6.3 Contemporary May not be Released Before Early 2015 – Sigma Rumors

Canon Video Clip Dissects The Canon EOS 7D Mark II (update 2: we found it again)

Update: Thanks to reader Frenky who found the video on Canon Japan’s marketing channel

Edit: I don not know why but the video turned to private. It’s a pity. At least I made a screenshot (below)

This short clip by CanonUSA on YouTube showcases the new [shoplink 22664]EOS 7D Mark II[/shoplink]. The animations and dissections on how the 7D Mark II is build and assembled are cool.

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World-wide pre-order links after the break.

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More “Canon See Impossible” Drawbacks

Uh, I do not want to write about this. It’s friday and I need a rest. Canon’s “See Impossible” campaign gets defeated once  more (after all the sarcasm that raised).

First watch the short video above, then head over to PetaPixel to get the background, they got the news and no one will mediate you the idea and tell you the issue better. I am too tired today. If you want let me know in the comment section. For me it is a “no comment” thing :-/

Well, I give you a spoiler: It appears that Canon took inspiration for the video from a real director, who uses Sony gear.