Nonstandard Method of Photographing, or the Spy Hole Project

If we examine the economic part of the problem, then we will see that the cheapest alternative is … a spy hole! :)

So, let’s use it as a lens.

It will be great if you have an old simple hand-held digital camera with external fixed optical cover. 

Here you can see our experimental version of a spy-hole 1.0:

It consists of 4 plastic parts connected by means of sticky tape. In contrast to the fish-eye, an object that is situated at the centre is little distorted (especially, if it stands at the distance more than a meter). It helps to get unusual enough reality reflection.

The second version of the spy-hole 1.1 has a lens isolated from light except for light coming through the spy-hole. In this model depth resolution has been increased.

So, what pros and contras does the spy-hole 1.1 have?

Negative moments:

1. Plastic is very fragile

2. Flares because of reflection optics

1. Immediate artistic ideas realization 

2. Comparative absence of the camera movement while shooting manually at night.

4. Price!

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