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When somebody asks whether or not you’ve shot {a photograph} ‘with a potato,’ they’re often making a cheeky remark in regards to the high quality of the picture. Within the case of Simon Meyer, although, capturing with a potato — and loads of different unusual objects — is extra a press release of truth than a jape in regards to the high quality of his pictures.
Simon Meyer is a German movie director and photographer who’s utilizing his TikTok account to showcase a number of wacky digicam ‘lenses’ he makes and retrofits to his Sony a7 III by way of numerous means. To this point, he’s managed to show a potato, a shoe, a roll of bathroom paper and even an Elmo stuffed animal into pinhole lenses of kinds to seize the world round him by way of very unconventional — to not point out uncomfortable — means.
Under are the 4 TikTok movies Meyer has thus far shared:
Potato
@simonmeyer_director I made a diy lens out of a potatoe 😂 #pictures #tutorial #diy ♬ Oh No – Kreepa
Shoe
@simonmeyer_director I used a shoe as a lens 😂🙏 #filmmaker #diy #tutorial #photographytricks #sonya7iii #blackmagicpocketcinema4k #fypシ ♬ Act 2: Within the Corridor of the Mountain King – Edvard Grieg
Bathroom Paper Roll
@simonmeyer_director That is how I made a lens out of toiletpaper 😂🙏 #pictures #photographersoftiktok #2022 #toiletpaper #sony #cameralenses #arricamera ♬ Give up – Natalie Taylor
Elmo
Warning: You won’t need to watch this if in case you have youngsters round. It would traumatize them to observe their Sesame Road good friend get lobotomized.
@simonmeyer_director Reply to @sallimartin I did it 🙏😂 elmo digicam lens! #digicam #phototricks #photographytricksandtips #analoguefilm #vintagecamera #filmtricks #fypシ ♬ Avengers Endgame: Principal on Finish Theme (From “Avengers: Endgame”) – Cinematic Legacy
Meyer is taking requests for future lenses, so should you’re concerned with seeing what will be was a digicam lens, head on over to his TikTok profile and counsel the thing.
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