{"id":3808,"date":"2014-08-26T18:49:22","date_gmt":"2014-08-26T18:49:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/?p=3808"},"modified":"2014-08-26T18:49:22","modified_gmt":"2014-08-26T18:49:22","slug":"viewfinder-photography-tests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/?p=3808","title":{"rendered":"Viewfinder photography tests"},"content":{"rendered":"

I have been trying a few experiments with taking photographs through the viewfinder of an old camera. I have had some success but there are limitations to the technique. Using my DSLR didn’t give very good results even with using a macro lens. The best results were with my compact camera. Here is the final image:<\/p>\n

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This I have sepia toned. Here is how I got to this stage:<\/p>\n

1) Original view from the compact camera:<\/p>\n

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2) The viewfinder cropped and inverted:<\/p>\n

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3) Covering up the cameras to reduce reflections:<\/p>\n

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4) the viewfinder image cropped and inverted<\/p>\n

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5) A little more cropping and contrast adjustment:<\/p>\n

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6) which leads to the final sepia image shown at the top.<\/p>\n

With this technique, you are not going to get a high resolution image. The optics of the viewfinder forces the camera to be at least 5 inches or more away. A worthwhile start but the technique needs some refining…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I have been trying a few experiments with taking photographs through the viewfinder of an old camera. I have had some success but there are limitations to the technique. Using my DSLR didn’t give very good results even with using a macro lens. The best results were with my compact camera. Here is the final … Continue reading “Viewfinder photography tests”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69,65],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3808","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-photo-diy","category-technical"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3808","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3808"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3808\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3816,"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3808\/revisions\/3816"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3808"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3808"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3808"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}