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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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Macro lens? by Hatta · 2005-12-12 05:59 · Score: 3, Interesting

And what is a "macro lens"? How does it differ from a normal lens?

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Even easier by pqdave · 2005-12-12 06:39 · Score: 2, Interesting

I use velcro to temporarily attach a $1.99 jeweler's loupe to the front of my point and shoot digicamera. Cost is similar to a box of Pringles, image quality is fine for web pics. By buying the $3.99 set of 5 loupes, I get a variety of magnification levels, down to a 2mm object taking up the full frame.