Comments on: Building a TtV cannon http://thehumansaredead.com/building-a-ttv-cannon/2007/01/ Just another WordPress weblog Mon, 05 Jan 2009 23:28:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.10 by: Jim http://thehumansaredead.com/building-a-ttv-cannon/2007/01/#comment-22 Fri, 16 Feb 2007 16:11:10 +0000 http://thehumansaredead.com/building-a-ttv-cannon/2007/01/#comment-22 It's kind of like a real world photoshop filter! I really like the results I've gotten with it so far. One draw back of building this thing versus the normal TtV tube and intact bottom camera is the images are a lot cleaner. In a TRL camera you have the bubble that you look at, then a mirror angled at 45° and finally the front lens. Well as it turns out, it's the mirror that really collects the dirt and grim in that setup. My creation eliminates the mirror from the equation, so the images I'm getting from this don't have that scratch and dirt you would see in a TtV shot taken through an intact bottom camera. I picked up another old camera a few weeks back that I'm trying to figure something out for. The viewfinder on it is a lot smaller so I'm thinking there will be a magnifying glass in the mix too. That is if I ever get around to building it. With 3 weeks of temps hovering around zero and now the 900 feet of snow that was dumped on us, I haven't been too motivated to be outside taking pictures lately. It’s kind of like a real world photoshop filter! I really like the results I’ve gotten with it so far. One draw back of building this thing versus the normal TtV tube and intact bottom camera is the images are a lot cleaner.

In a TRL camera you have the bubble that you look at, then a mirror angled at 45° and finally the front lens. Well as it turns out, it’s the mirror that really collects the dirt and grim in that setup. My creation eliminates the mirror from the equation, so the images I’m getting from this don’t have that scratch and dirt you would see in a TtV shot taken through an intact bottom camera.

I picked up another old camera a few weeks back that I’m trying to figure something out for. The viewfinder on it is a lot smaller so I’m thinking there will be a magnifying glass in the mix too. That is if I ever get around to building it.

With 3 weeks of temps hovering around zero and now the 900 feet of snow that was dumped on us, I haven’t been too motivated to be outside taking pictures lately.

]]> by: nipsey http://thehumansaredead.com/building-a-ttv-cannon/2007/01/#comment-21 Thu, 15 Feb 2007 14:55:45 +0000 http://thehumansaredead.com/building-a-ttv-cannon/2007/01/#comment-21 very cool. I never thought of attempting to create my own lens. Interesting concept. very cool. I never thought of attempting to create my own lens. Interesting concept.

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