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What’s a pancake lens
Kind of a catch-all term for a flat prime lens, usually used for some kind of effect.
This one’s an old recycled pocket disposable camera lens someone 3d printed and mounted, so all the shots look like this. There’s no focus ring, hence the blue and retro lo-fi quality.
In the Pentax world, it’s a 43 mm known for its bokeh. The name is because it’s very thin.
The lack of depth of field is breaking my brain!
Shooting with it is bonkers lol. There’s no focus ring so all you can control is the shutter speed. Everything just looks ethereal and weird. Fun to play with though.
The photo would probably come through a lot better with higher quality. I’m guessing the lighting or gear made it tricky. Just mentioning it in case you’d like to improve future shots.
Oh man😂
The whole fun of this lens is that it shoots blurry shots like a disposable camera.
Ah ok. That’s something I will never understand.
Yeah I’ve noticed that some people don’t really get these kind of things, which is fine. To me it’s kinda nostalgic, and the imperfection of the lens also adds a certain character to the image. For the same reason I also like film photography and old digital camera’s. It removes the pressure to be perfect and adds a certain nostalgic character to the shots. Photography isn’t necessarily just a tool to capture what’s in front of you perfectly, but rather an art to capture images with a certain vibe. Limitation breeds creativity.
But yeah I guess everyone has their own preferences, it’s totally subjective on the end.
Do you have any more examples of photos with this lens you can share?
I do actually! Was traveling last week and almost forgot.
Thanks! Really cool
Reminds me of Bali.
