This image has a bit of a fun origin

This is a picture of a 3D printed miniature Krusty placed in front of a computer monitor displaying an image of mountain view. It was taken using a 1960s 16mm Soviet projector lens adapted (after a couple hops) to a Lumix G9. The image was then ran through Lightroom, Audacity, Lightroom again, and the parental advisory logo was added afterwards using Gimp.

The model is roughly 1 inch tall.

The model was unpainted at the time of the photo and I have since given the model to a friend. Though I’ll probably print more of him.

  • miss_brainfart@lemmy.ml
    3·
    1 year ago

    You had me at 1960s 16mm Soviet projector lens adapted to a Lumix G9

    Old glass on new cameras is the fucking best

    • Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOP
      2·
      1 year ago

      And this one is super weird, I’m able to focus on things behind what’s in front of the lens

      Like this

      Honestly I’m so happy I bought this lens because of how strange it is, it makes photos seem like they’re out of a dream

            • Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOP
              2·
              1 year ago

              It’s the largest aperture lens I have otherwise I’d do more testing to see for sure but the screen behind the miniature in that video is only about a foot behind the mini

              I’ve seen lenses with as high as f/0.95 for sale on Amazon with some really good reviews, but I haven’t bought one yet

              Also a little fun fact about the lens I have, it has no built in aperture control, it’s always f/1.2

              • miss_brainfart@lemmy.ml
                2·
                1 year ago

                lenses with as high as f/0.95

                That sounds like something I can’t afford, which I why I like vintage lenses so much. So cheap for what you get

                • Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOP
                  2·
                  1 year ago

                  They’re not as expensive as I initially thought it they’re still more expensive than vintage glass. I think my lens cost like $100 after shipping.

                  Edit: But vintage lenses do have some interesting traits that you really don’t seem to get from modern lenses due to each of their individual histories.

                  • miss_brainfart@lemmy.ml
                    2·
                    1 year ago

                    Yeah okay, that’s actually very reasonable. But yeah, all the little design flaws in those old lenses add up to give the image its very own character.

                    For instance, they used Helios and Jupiter lenses for some scenes in The Batman, and even detuned their anamorphic cinema lenses to get the look more in line with those two.