{"id":205,"date":"2008-09-02T21:28:08","date_gmt":"2008-09-02T13:28:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ndroo.com\/blog\/?p=205"},"modified":"2008-09-11T22:50:25","modified_gmt":"2008-09-11T14:50:25","slug":"plastic-goes-digital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fuzzyeyeballs.com\/blog\/?p=205","title":{"rendered":"Plastic goes digital"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I&#8217;ve been wanting to try this for some time but after an unsuccessful attempt at using the original Diana camera&#8217;s lens, I gave up. Last night I decided to give it another go, this time using the Diana+ lens and since the Diana+ allows you to just remove the lens without the entire shutter mechanism, I tried &#8216;mounting&#8217; it onto my DSLR. I wanted the &#8216;lens&#8217; to be easily removable, so I found a Nikon-Canon adapter and tried making this &#8216;fun lens&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ndroo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/miscellaneous\/digidianatest1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I ended up having to add a step-up ring between the Diana+ lens and the Nikon-Canon adapter because apparently at that distance, the focusing seems to work well. Some did ask me why use the Nikon-Canon adapter. The reason is simple because I need a whatever-mount to Canon adapter so that I can easily mount\/unmount the lens like any other Canon lens I have. So if you wanna try making one, just find a &#8216;whatever-mount to your-camera-mount&#8217; adapter, and that will work fine.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ndroo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/miscellaneous\/digidianatest2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Without the extra step-up ring in between, the lens was able to focus at a pretty close distance, probably about 0.5 meter from the subject. That worked great for me but it was unable to focus at infinity. Duh! Therefore, the step-up ring was necessary as I wanted to use this &#8216;lens&#8217; for shooting buildings and landscapes as well.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ndroo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/miscellaneous\/digidianatest3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I&#8217;ve only taped the three components (lens, step-up ring &amp; adapter) together, and did some quick test shots on the way to work today. Since it works well, I&#8217;ll try finish the setup this weekend with proper glue\/tape and take some photos of how it&#8217;s done (if you&#8217;re interested) and of course more photos with it.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Pretty satisfied with the results as I get that dreamy, fuzzy &amp; crappy look, just like what you expect from a Diana\/Diana+ camera &#8230; of course minus the unexpected results of film &#8230; but then &#8230; I could save some $ for milk powder sometimes.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ndroo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/miscellaneous\/digidianatest4.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ndroo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/miscellaneous\/digidianatest5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ndroo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/miscellaneous\/digidianatest6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve been wanting to try this for some time but after an unsuccessful attempt at using the original Diana camera&#8217;s lens, I gave up. 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