Macro Lens from a Pringles Can

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Macro Lens from a Pringles Can

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Monday December 12, 2005 @05:51AM from the things-that-bear-closer-scrutiny dept.

isharq writes "In a cool little feat of extremely low-tech hardware hacking, Photocritic has created a macro lens out of a Pringles can. According to the article: "with less than £1 worth of equipment, a little bit of sweat and tears, you can build yourself a surprisingly good macro lens". The results are astonishing."

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The results are astonishing by Anonymous Coward · 2005-12-12 05:52 · Score: 5, Funny

And the chips aren't half-bad either.
1. Re:The results are astonishing by bgarcia · 2005-12-12 07:54 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  NEWS FLASH: Hallow tube may be used to do the job of... a hallow tube.
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Wrong. by mrtroy · 2005-12-12 05:53 · Score: 5, Funny

Don't piss in my ear and tell me its raining!

Next, you are going to tell me that you can make some sort of 802.11 antenna with a pringles can.

And whats with this "do it yourself" building projects? My fingers are too greasy and fat to perform such feats.

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Hmmmm ..... by gstoddart · 2005-12-12 05:55 · Score: 4, Funny

Maybe they should have taken the money they saved on their macro lens and upgraded their server/connection.

Their server seems to have been reduced to rubble. Anyone got a mirror?

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1. Re:Hmmmm ..... by indifferent+children · 2005-12-12 07:00 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  Anyone got a mirror?
  No, but you can make a mirror from an old CD.
  
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The server... by zenneth · 2005-12-12 06:01 · Score: 4, Funny

...was probably constructed of a Pringles can, too.

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Re:Ah the dissapearing dupe by Anonymous Coward · 2005-12-12 06:23 · Score: 4, Funny

Slashdot, where we support freedom of speech and don't delete comments unless they embarass the editors!

Slashdot, where everyone is so american that no one has any idea what Freedom of Speech is, and how it doesn't apply to private websites you read in your underwear and never pay for.
Tune in next week... by Gigabit+Switchman · 2005-12-12 06:23 · Score: 4, Funny

...when I show you how to construct:
- A working fusion reactor
- A 3" mortar
- A simple teleportation device
AND
- A cat ... from a Pringles can.
Cease and desist, citizen by Urusai · 2005-12-12 07:34 · Score: 4, Funny

The RIAA has not granted you a license to use your CD in this manner. Why do you hate America??
Re:Lens, my foot! by plover · 2005-12-12 08:42 · Score: 4, Funny

Reminds me of the comment track from the recent DVD release of the movie Tron. Because the actors were shot in such low light on a black stage, the cameraman had to open his lenses wide to be able to film the scenes. And the wider you open the aperture, the thinner the depth of field. At one point the cameraman told the director "I can't hold focus on the whole actor any more, what do you want me to focus on?" The director responded "his face." The cameraman replied "No, I can't even get the whole face in focus, what part do you want to see?" The director said "his eyes."
The cameraman then asked "which eye?"

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