Monocular 6101

A series of images taken using an ad hoc assembly of a Nokia 6101 cellphone fastened with insulation tape (or often just held) to the right eyepiece of a pair of Chinon 8 x 30 binoculars (8x magnification through a 30mm diameter objective). This effectively adds a telephoto lense to the 6101, considerably reducing the viewing angle and depth of field apparent in the image. A variety of colour fluctuation and fringing effects occur, depending on the alignment of the 6101 lense with the binocular eyepiece, the intensity of the light coming from the subject and the amount of light allowed to leak in from the sides. It is possible to manipulate the image in real time, in a very analogue, organic way, bending and twisting the connection between the two units until the image looks and feels right.

The images have not been cropped or resized.

An array of images of the ad-hoc device can be seen here:

www.flickr.com/photos/hd41117/2538184989 /

31 photos | 4,476 views

items are from between 04 Mar 2007 & 03 Jan 2008.