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moon halo over Austin

blown glass nebula wall art piece fresh from the annealer

the sweet red onions from dromgoole’s went in this weekend

here’s the original test photos taken with the Canon HV20 and my Erector set tire 35mm SLR lens adapter rig.

this is a multi-colored led

here’s a single strand of blue Patternayan needlepoint yarn

One should never be satisfied with the stock lens on a consumer camera. After reading some great websites about adding an SLR lens to the Canon HV20, I rummaged through my closet to find my old Canon Rebel 35mm SLR camera that came with a 28-80mm lens. It appeared that I could find focus with the HV20 if I kept the SLR lens within an inch or so in front of the HV20 and the subject nearly touching the SLR’s glass. Early tests produced macro shots I’ve never dreamed of doing before.

Digging in the closet once again produced an unlikely collar to fit between the two, an Erector set toy tire. The tire (labeled Meccano 11×7) grabs the Canon SLR lens threads tightly and mounts to the HV20 by merely twisting it onto the front of the camera. I’ve found that it leaves the proper gap to allow for focus with an adjustment of the zoom & focus rings on both the HV20 and the SLR lens.

The “true” lens adapter products I’ve seen range from homemade to thousands of dollars. This has got to be one of the cheapest and simplest adapters ever. It’s a pain to maintain focus with, and the tire can slip off the camera and drop the lens (adult supervision only), but it seems to work and produce some not-so-clean, but damn macro, macro video. Video test shots can be viewed here and macro photos are here.

rebar pentagons: a time lapse of me welding on my first metal yard art piece
pattern inspired by ice-ray chinese lattice design