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€5 Hack For Thrifty Photographers – Make A 10 Stop Filter
I keep an eye on a Flickr photostream by Victor Walsh. He covers quite a variety of subjects with professionalism. He just posted this hack with some parts he bought from eBay. The total cost was €5. Simply put, he glued some stuff together and got a great result – a 10 Stop Filter.
Here is the shot he accomplished with this hack with his own words.
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You can accomplish this with some simple “hackery” with this shopping list:
- Welding Glass €1.50
- Filter €2.00
- Superlgue €0.50
- Postage €1.00
Simple!! But a clever use of resources in this economy.
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Owner of an IT company called Data Defence IT Solutions. Living in the West of Ireland and married with a kid... I clearly love technology and gadgets. At the minute I have a Tranquil Windows Home Server to manage my websites, files and entertainment. I use an Android handset, the Hero as my personal phone and a Nokia n86 as my business phone.
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