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Lens that accentuate chrimatic aberration for colorful effect.

Started May 2, 2018 | Discussions thread
OP SmoothOperator Regular Member • Posts: 386
Re: Lens that accentuate chrimatic aberration for colorful effect.

gordonpritchard wrote:

Here are two examples:

You attach a bellows to your camera and then attach a standard magnifying glass to the bellows.

Adjusting the bellows allows you to focus. You can also use two magnifying glasses for a stronger effect. You can also make an aperture out of black paper to increase depth of field. If you cut the aperture as a shape - e.g. a star - the the bokeh will be in the shape of the star.

That is a surprisingly nice result. Kind of like fisheye, your eye can tell something isn't right, but it doesn't matter, because colors. I might have to try the diopter/magnifying glass idea with my bellows.

One potential strength of such a lens might be low light and high dynamic range.  If you aren't constrained by color reproduction, you could have a really fast lens.

Back lit tree branches are a tough shot with a conventional corrected lens, I've come to like the blue and red tinges in my woodland sunsets.

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