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Photo Gadgets I Like #1

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New kind of Posts on my Blog, i just wanted to give a shout at some cool and smart Photo Products i found online.

#1 Personalized USB Sticks

When you are a photographer you need a lot of storage space, and you also need to give some files to your clients, for weddings, for models, for portraits ... you can send them by a Wetransfer mail ... or you can use the more classy way and give your clients a unique souvenir that will make them remember you long after the shoot.

I received 25 wooden USB keys, 8GB each from USB Memory Direct  and they just look so awesome, they engraved my logo in the wood with lasers

you can choose your own design and customize it with your own logo, i personally love the wooden designed, thats really something i would recommend to make a good first impression to a client.

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#2 Photographer's Wallet

this cool Kickstarter wallet Design was sent to me for a review

i like how thin the wallet is and how smart it can be, you can transform it to just carry what you really need, and there is a Mini SD card slot for your drone or your action camera.

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#3 A7 II Eyecup

I just received this cool Eyecup for my A7II , this one rotate and has a SQUARE hole ... not like all the other eyecups that have some round hole ... that remove part of the image. your screen is rectangular not round am i right ?

also this one was 10 euros VS the 35 euros asked for the sony official eyecup.

 

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I 3D PRINTED A CAMERA LENS and the Photos are Amazing

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I always dreamed to create my own lens.

Collecting old and weird lenses is a passion of course, but sometimes I want to experiment with my own creations, even if I love to modify old lenses, here I wanted to look into the future.

Wouldn' it be great if you could create a lens from scratches ?

Wouldn't it be fun to experiment for really cheap ?

Well, as I never really learned how to make 3D models on a computer, I started by making a cardboard first prototype with a found lens from 1890 I had in a box. It was ugly and not easy to use but I was able to focus and take the measurements I needed to create a 2D design.

After getting a lot of " NO" from many french 3D printers (I must say I had no money to pay anyone so it was quite complicated to motivate someone), I saw some hope.

I met Arnault Coulet, CEO of a French 3D printing agency called FABULOUS. His team and he designed the 3D prototype and printed the lens. Luckyly for us, he saw all the crazy potential and fun we could create with this project.

I worked with them on designing a lens that could be mounted directly on my camera.

Once I received the 3D printed parts from Arnault, I saw my crazy lens coming to "life" and... it worked !!

I had in my hand a monocle lens (meaning it has just one glass lens in the front) and in my estimation (I did the maths), it is a 135mm 1.8 lens.

I needed to give it a real first test, so I mounted it on my fullframe mirrorless camera

So I went to one of the most incredible place in France : Le Mont St Michel, which is one of the official World's Wonders.

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You can see below some of the photos taken that day :

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mstmichel

Away

Away

boat

boat

telescope

telescope

My parents

My parents

St Michel statue

St Michel statue

mouette

mouette

red

red

As I am also a portrait photographer, I wanted to try it with the help of the model Ludivine Bernard

And the results where pretty amazing !

The image center is really sharp, and the lens give the skin a beautiful render.

There is also something interesting in the lens distortion to make a dreamy bokeh.

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autumn

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03sh

02sh

02sh

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shoot3

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In the end I really like this lens. Even if it's not perfect, it's a first step in designing your own lenses, and a message to every photo geeks :

You don't need to buy ultra expensive lenses to make great images !

A 4$ plastic lens will make great results ; what really matters is your vision, ideas and creativity.

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New to my Chanel?? Here are some playlists to get you started.

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➜ The Weird Lens Challenge : https://goo.gl/F14AmC

➜ The Cheap Weird Lens Reviews : https://goo.gl/4Esi2p

➜ How To / Tutorials : https://goo.gl/mMZlTk.

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