Brian Moore
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American Honda Soccer Club, Torrance California. Vivitar PN2011 with flipped lens. Legacy Pro 400 film. Developed in Rodinal 1:50.
my glass i saw: Ritual Post Game Debrief and Sock Removal (And Occasional Harangue)
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American Honda Soccer Club, Torrance California. Vivitar PN2011 with flipped lens. Legacy Pro 400 film. Developed in Rodinal 1:50.
Pete Askew
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Nice - I do like the effect this lens gives. And perfect timing on the shot Brian. Really engaging.
Brian Moore
Moderator
Thanks a lot, Pete. These cameras are a joy to use when the lens is flipped because the results are so unpredictable. With nothing to lose except a frame I'll often shoot with a "...let's try this and see what happens" approach, and occasionally I get something worth posting. Thanks again, Pete.
Dan Cattermole
Dan Down - The Steampunk Womble
Great capture there Brian.
I've got to ask...... What do you mean by flipped lens?? Self explanatory?
I'd love to see a picture if the Oly with it's 'flipped lens'.....
I've got to ask...... What do you mean by flipped lens?? Self explanatory?
I'd love to see a picture if the Oly with it's 'flipped lens'.....
Brian Moore
Moderator
Thank you Dan.
The camera is a Vivitar PN2011. It's a cheap plastic 35mm point and shoot camera from the '90s I'd guess. I took the lens out and flipped it backward. So, whereas you would look at the front of a lens and normally it would be convex to your eye, the lens on my Vivi is concave.
This gives that distortion you see in the image.
I also flipped the lens on one of my Brownie Hawkeye Flash cameras for a similar effect. Here's an example from the Hawkeye. (Sticking with the football theme, these are a few more of the lads on the Honda Soccer Club.)
The camera is a Vivitar PN2011. It's a cheap plastic 35mm point and shoot camera from the '90s I'd guess. I took the lens out and flipped it backward. So, whereas you would look at the front of a lens and normally it would be convex to your eye, the lens on my Vivi is concave.
This gives that distortion you see in the image.
I also flipped the lens on one of my Brownie Hawkeye Flash cameras for a similar effect. Here's an example from the Hawkeye. (Sticking with the football theme, these are a few more of the lads on the Honda Soccer Club.)
Pete Askew
Admin
Excellent! Shouldn't they be wearing long baggy shorts and goalie should definitely be smoking a pipe!!
Brian Moore
Moderator
Pete,...Our game is certainly slow enough--at least when I am on the ball--that pipe smoking would be possible! And as to the baggy shorts, I'm the one that wears them, since I'm the grand daddy of the team--old enough to have sired most of these young fellas--and old enough to have played with footballs that had laces. We wore baggy shorts in them days! 
