If you're blown away with his application of Anaglyphs, Cross Eyed Stereograms, and such in Lomography, Gvelasco is back again! But this time, he managed to create effects by neatly butchering his camera.
Pop 9 Mega Merging Mask Mod by gvelasco
By removing the optical barriers inside the Pop 9 and creating a mask that allows you to select which lenses will be exposed, you can create a variety of new effects to breath new life into that old Pop 9 you may not be using anymore.
Background
This mod is similar to, but different from another tip I submitted. The results and technique are different enough that I think it should be a different tip.
The Lomography Pop 9 is a multi-lens camera that will normally put nine nearly identical images on one frame to create a polyptych (or nonaptych if you want to be technical about it). Each of the Pop 9 lenses has a focal length of 24mm which is normally considered extremely wide. However, because the standard 35mm frame is divided by three in each direction it actually ends up being a narrow angle camera – similar to maybe a 72mm lens.
By surgically removing the optical dividers in the camera and using a couple of easy to manufacture masks, we can convert this narrow-angle polyptych machine into a wide angle camera with it’s own distinct trick shots.
The Mod
Warning! This will permanently modify your Pop 9.
You will need a pair of “nippy cutters”. This tool looks like a pair of diagonal cutters, but it’s thinner.
Open your Pop 9. This is what the inside normally looks like:
Carefully use the nippy cutters to cut out all of the dividers. You might want to use a hobby knife to trim away any excess plastic.
When you’re done the inside of the camera should look like this:
The Mask
Make a mask out of thin sheet foam available from a hobby store. I pressed the lens cap into the foam to mark mine. Carefully use a hole punch to punch nine holes in it that correspond to the nine lenses. Save the punched foam. It should look like this:
This mask will allow you to select any combination of lenses to expose – including a single lens which is important.
Using the Mod
Covering all the lenses except the middle one will give you a result like this:
Which you can crop to this:
Exposing the lenses in a pattern like this:
Will give you a result like this:
Notice how the images merge into each other.
Removing the mask to expose all of the lenses will give you a result that looks like this:
You can try different patterns of lenses for different effects. You can also try exposing the same roll of film with different patterns to get some crazy multiple exposures!
Have fun!
18 comments
mephisto19
wow!
halfawakehaiku
Genius!
torium
cool!
life_on_mars
super cool wow
breakphreak
looks kewl :)
ebolatheelectricmonk
You're a modification wizard!!!!
lomosexual_manboy
Very clever and well thought out tipster. Look at all the possibilities.
dogma
wow very great tip! Bravo!
stouf
Hohoho !!! gvelasco is definitely the ultimate pop 9 master ! So with this, you could do 9 different shots on one frame right !? Like a little comic on a frame... Amazing...
sugiyamasatomi
sweet!
adi_totp
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOWW
zoe191
amazing!
leela_dark
oh yeah, what a terrific idea!!!
ndroo
Very cool!
mandashitley
Thank you thank you thank you for this, now I have a reason to fix my broken brand new pop 9
lomat
Sweet!
livvyluv
Okay, this is officially my favouritest blog post so far. Kudos!
-dakota-
WOoooOOw!! I wanted mod. my pop9.... now i know how and what wonderful pics could i take! thanks!!