Tag: field of view

How to get really close for a fiver…

How to get really close for a fiver…

Reading Time: 7 minutes Don’t worry, this isn’t an advert on finding a cheap ‘experience’ or anything like that (if you want that you can go here), it is about doing film macro photography with retro tools that you can often find very cheaply. I love finding interesting bits 

Focal Length, Depth of Field, and Field of View

Focal Length, Depth of Field, and Field of View

Reading Time: 12 minutes Focal Length, Field of View and Depth of Field… These all sound very exciting. Or maybe not. Perhaps they just sound slightly frightening. They are the sort of thing that you can delve into in quite some complexity, or try to avoid as much as 

Vivitar Ultra Wide and Slim Fisheye Mod

Vivitar Ultra Wide and Slim Fisheye Mod

Reading Time: 5 minutes Fisheye photography is fun. There is no denying this. It might not be big, or clever (as the professionals put it), but it is a laugh. The world looks at you through a funky bubble. Peoples noses get bigger. You can nearly see behind your 

Took a silly lens to London, and shot a few Squiggles

Took a silly lens to London, and shot a few Squiggles

Reading Time: 4 minutes I’ve just received a quite cool fisheye adapter which screws onto the front of my kit lens. Fisheye lenses tend to be those with a focal length of less than about 14mm (full frame) and come in two types – circular (which create a circular