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Spray solutions containing UV ray blockers or various colours that could be applied as temporary filters for cheap, point and shoot cameras. Also, spray on filters could be useful for SLRs so one wouldnt have to buy several different sized filters for each of their camera lenses.
Waterlogged Camera Turns Magic
http://www.wired.co...,1284,51205,00.html
"Farrell Eaves' camera was a perfectly ordinary Nikon CoolPix 990 until he accidentally knocked it into a pond last summer. Now it's a magic camera....Glowing auras, symmetrical rainbow-hued streaks or pools of brilliant color appear in every image Eaves captures with the camera." [krelnik, Oct 05 2004, last modified Oct 21 2004]
Cokin Filters
http://www.minoltau...m/cokin/filters.htm
...are designed to work with multiple camera lenses. The system consists of a mount that holds the large square filters, then you buy an adapter for each lens. They also sell clear filters for the special purpose of smearing vaseline (or suntan lotion) on. [DrCurry, Oct 05 2004, last modified Oct 21 2004]
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Should make for some interesting magnifications of heads courtesy of bubbles n stuff, blobs where guts used to be and some runny legs, er...
+ for those *features* |
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So, you have this 1/2" diameter lens and then spray it from 4" or so with a filter spray? That could get messy. How do you get it off, will it evaporate in a minute?
The idea needs work but I agree that carrying around a dozend filters is a pain. You get a + for trying. |
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Reminded me of a story I saw in Wired last year, see link. |
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[krelnik] Do not try that at home? |
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For most photographers, the primary purpose of a UV filter is not to prevent UV from reaching the film, but is rather to be the first piece of glass touched by anything that gets too close to the lens assembly. |
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Much better to smudge a $5 UV filter than a $500 lens. |
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Well, go ahead and try it! |
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Vaseline and other jellies (smeared on plain filters, I hasten to add, before someone wrecks a $500 lens) are already used by regular photographers in extremis for special effects. I don't see whay a thin layer of, say, cooking oil or suntan lotion wouldn't have the desired effect. Though ONLY on a disposable camera (pace supercat above). |
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I have been debating ways of attaching a UV filter to my digital point and shoot. I don't think I'll be spraying the lens any time soon, though. |
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How about a spray on parafin wax for celebrities who are being hounded by the carrion trade papparazzi. A camera get's shoved in their face, they spray the lens. It should be able to be cleaned completly off, to foil lawsuits. |
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"How about a spray on parafin wax for celebrities who are being hounded by..."
Pepper foam (foam, not spray) should work. It tends to cling to surfaces it comes into contact with, like the skin on a papparazzi's face...
...like from overspray, of course. I don't condone physical abuse of blood-sucking parasitic dung-dwelling leaches like papparazzi.
And I think pepper foam washes off with soap and (lots of) water, eventually, so it wouldn't hurt delicate lens glass, thus avoiding lawsuits for damage to equipment. |
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