The Aiptek GO-HD isn’t such a bad camera for the money. It does 720p video and 8 megapixel photos, but the lens doesn’t go very wide. But a post in the Flickr blog pointed to a solution: use a door peephole as a fisheye lens. It works, but holding the peephole in front of the [...]
Posted January 7, 2009 by Casey Bisson
Categories: Photoblog, Technology. Tags: aiptek, aiptek go-hd, camera, diy, fisheye, lens, peephole, photography, wide angle. One Comment.
Flickr blog I discovered the Peephole fish eye group. The idea is simple: us a $5 door peephole to give your camera a fisheye lens. Here are the instructions:
Hold peephole against rim of camera lens.
Set camera to “macro”. (the image is actually displayed on the inside face of the convex lens of the peephole. The [...]
Posted December 1, 2008 by Casey Bisson
Categories: Photoblog, Technology. Tags: camera, cheap, diy, fisheye, lens, peephole, photography. 3 Comments.
