Comments on: Freelensing photography technique

By: Ben

Ben — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 14:40:06 +0000

Um, you state that your aperture will be 0. That’s not true. Your aperture is just going to be the maximum that your lens will allow, but your camera will read 00 because there’s no lens attached. Removing the lens doesn’t somehow magically make it wider.

By: Louis

Louis — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 13:06:56 +0000

Very cool technique! Thanks for the video.

By: Markus

Markus — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 22:18:11 +0000

BTW: The aperture is still the same as before, only with lenses with f-stop 1.0 it is 1.0. It cold be, that teh camera writes some nonses into the EXIFs, but the diameter of the lens entrance pupil didn´t increase when the lens is unmounted :-)

By: Markus

Markus — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 22:15:06 +0000

One could easily build a DIY tilt lens with a front and back cap and a black ballon – and some glue. That reducves the dust problem. Or, with dust but also with infinity: One could use a Canon FD lens /28/2.8 is tested) and remove the bajonett. Works great on EOS 350D:
http://4photos.de/camera-diy/tilt_and_shift.html

By: Richard

Richard — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 02:59:48 +0000

Yes, dust on the sensor is a risk when doing this. Don’t do it if that worries you.

By: KJ

KJ — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 08:56:38 +0000

If your camera is on and you’re doing this, would the electric charge going through the sensor not attract dust particles to the sensor?