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1. Create your own kaleidoscope image how to#
2. Create your own kaleidoscope image full#
3. Create your own kaleidoscope image pro#
4. Create your own kaleidoscope image software#

The objective is make a ‘scope large enough to aim a large DSLR camera lens into it and get a nice, wide, complete field of view.

Create your own kaleidoscope image full#

Wide angle lens 20mm – 35mm full sensor, or 17mm to 20mm crop sensor.Tripod to support your camera pointing straight up.Remote flash triggering cable or other method.One or two off-camera flashes but you can use one if you have enough reflective surfaces to re-direct flash back onto the clear, colored junk.Black foam board to provide a “dark ceiling”.Objects – clear, colored items about $40 of junk.Clear tray – a cheap 7” x 9” picture frame with glass about $5.Flat work surface with T-Square or other precision cutting guide(s).

Create your own kaleidoscope image pro#

Studio Pro Brass Glass Cutter, carbide steel for $15.A few sheets of 12” x 16” first surface mirror stock about $40 per sheet (get three sheets minimum).Configuring the camera and taking the pictures.Building a rig for supporting the ‘scope, camera, flash, lighting reflectors.Crafting and creating the viewing materials.The four major components involved to pulling this off are: It is not at all that hard, but you must have some talent if you want quality results. But, to be totally honest, if you want to do this correctly, you must be a fanatic for details, tenacious, and have a knack for mechanics. Just follow my instructions and you will have a high-quality, scope for shooting with your DSLR. Here I take the research out of it for you. A good scope uses first surface mirrors and the angles must be very very precise to get a good image with accurate symmetry. There is plenty of information to make dopey, cheap kid’s toys but not to make a good one.

Create your own kaleidoscope image how to#

Most of the difficulty was finding good information on how to do it. How hard can it be? I will tell you this, very straight forward, it is NOT EASY. I just figured I would build my own ‘scope and make it big enough to use our big cameras. So, how do you apply our expensive DSLR cameras and super sharp lenses to shoot through these little holes? Forget it, just build your own, monster sized Kaleidoscope. When you find real ones, they are fuzzy and awful as they were snapped with cell phone cameras.

Create your own kaleidoscope image software#

The good pics out there are actually manufactured in software with tricky programming and are not, in fact, actual pictures of ‘scope views. Just Google “Kaleidoscope Images” and most are crap.

The eye holes on all kaleidoscopes are way too small. They are very special and you won’t regret your purchase.īack then, I wanted to photograph what I saw in them but it is virtually impossible. Get the brass Lucida version… just do it. Van Cort ‘scopes, now out of business, are not toys but precision optical instruments and are actively traded on eBay. In the early ‘80s, I purchased a few ‘scopes with the best being a Van Cort ‘scope. Throw in some colorful sparkly things and these things are very attractive. I always did as a ‘scope appeals to our natural instinct for pattern recognition and our affinity for the aesthetics of symmetry. Ok, admit it, you have a curiosity about kaleidoscopes. Sheesh! Honestly it shook me up a bit so I ran home and spent some quality time with wife…. I spent way too much time in Michael’s Craft store staring into the bead rack as ladies and little girls pushed me aside to grab the latest glittery roundel rhinestone. Not only did this test the depth of my tenacity and attention to detail, but it really put my masculinity on trial. Who in the heck does stuff like this? Maybe I should see a shrink and get myself straightened out.