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The #ShittyCameraChallenge: Out with the Sony PlayStation Portable and a 'Deakinizer', 10 June 2023

This afternoon the weather cleared up nicely after a dull start. So I grasped the opportunity to go out with the PlayStation Portable and the Panavision wide-angle converter that I took delivery of yesterday.  The idea for the wide-angle converter was to use it as a ‘Deakinizer’, a lens invented by cinematographer Roger Deakins that creates an image with a clear centre and blurred edges. I had…

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A summary of the results from the DIY Deakinizer and the Zenit 11 for the #ShittyCameraChallenge #CrappyCommieCameraParty

The Crappy Commie Camera Party: In Aveiro With The Zenit 11 And The Deakinizer

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Gearing up for the Crappy Commie Camera Party, Part 2: Testing The Zenit 11, a Soviet-era Single Lens Reflex Camera

At the beginning of March I picked up a Zenit 11 single lens reflex (SLR) camera for the Crappy Commie Camera Party (CCCP). In the first post, ‘Gearing up for the Crappy Commie Camera Party’, I introduced the camera and ran through some of its … features. In this post, I managed to take the camera out on a rare sunny day and put it through its paces.  Although it was in the ‘Not Passed’ category…

Gearing up for the Crappy Commie Camera Party, Part 2: Testing The Zenit 11, a Soviet-era Single Lens Reflex Camera

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The #ShittyCameraChallenge: Using the 'Deakinizer' with a real* camera, 17 June 2023

A few more images from the 'Deakinizer' with the #ShittyDigital Vivitar.

Today I took the Panavision wide-angle converter, the Deakinizer, to Águas Boas with a ‘real’ camera. Well actually it was the glitchy 2MP Vivitar camera I picked up from CEX for 1€.

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How to make a DIY Deakinizer lens

How to make a DIY Deakinizer lens

Hey Filmmakers Chung Dha here! In this video I am going to show you how to make a DIY Deakinizer lens, but first for those who don’t know what a Deakinizer is.  DIY Deakinizer The Deakinizer is a special modified lens commissioned by Roger Deakins. Main look of this lens is a spot focus with zoom blur like effect and tear drops bokeh to capture a dreamy old camera lens look, that you can’t…

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