Photographer 3D-prints unusual and functional pinhole lens
Sunday 2 March 2025, 16:32 by Elja Trum | 2,026 views | 2 commentsThis article was translated from Dutch with the help of AI. Read the original.
You can also make your own lenses with a 3D printer. If you do not want to make things too difficult for yourself, go for a pinhole lens. Essentially, it is a lens with a tiny hole to let light through. Photographer Tom Calton chose an unusual design.
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Elja Trum is the founder of Photofacts and online photography course website Photofacts Academy. He has been writing about photography since 2006. Elja is also the author of (Dutch) books on composition, black-and-white photography, flash photography and portrait photography.
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Minnie wrote on Tuesday 4 March 2025 at 13:27 | replyIs this a joke? Hahahaha I'm really not going to walk around with that sorry it looks like a dildo ..... lol
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