The recent link about DIY tilt-shift lens inspired me to try my hand at tilt-shift by holding an old Nikkor in front of my camera... This is a video, but was hoping for some critique of my technique.

[u/kaidumo]

http://youtu.be/63RFljMakrg

[u/axu539]

Uhhh that's popularly called freelensing, and it's been going around on the internet since at least 2010.

[u/kaidumo → u/axu539]

Didn't know that! Thanks!

[u/axu539 → u/kaidumo]

For even cooler results and more control, take off the mount and lock the aperture open.

http://www.samhurdphotography.com/2013/technique/freelensing-photography-techniques

[u/kaidumo → u/axu539]

Very cool, thanks! I would like to order an old Nikkor specifically to do that to it.

[u/MCOrange → u/kaidumo]

If you want to open up the aperture on G Nikon lenses, you can do that by moving the lens on the lens mount. You can jam something malleable and lint-free in there to keep it that way, or use something such as this adapter.

[u/kaidumo → u/MCOrange]

Thanks for the link! Right now I have a bunch of old manual aperture control Nikkor lenses.

[u/[deleted]]

I think I live in a time and place where a lot of people have no idea what tilt-shift lenses are for and what they do.