N900 DIY Fisheye hack
 

Whoa ... my first post here :)
Being short time owner of N900 and absolutely thrilled by this black brick of geekines.

I'd love to share with you my first hw 'hack' of N900. Actually it is more add-on than hack. But hack sounds more fancy :D

I've been inspired by this article:
The fisheye tin cam

This is what I did to my N900:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3296/...d43cc2e7de.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3383/...c5260cc91b.jpg
And few example snapshots:
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4025/...a2ddf64a_m.jpghttp://farm4.static.flickr.com/3496/...c6b3d0da_m.jpghttp://farm5.static.flickr.com/4018/...0a47eec3_m.jpg
You can see more pics in dedicated Flickr set.

Don't expect high picture quality. But hey, it's the "cheapest fisheye ever" :D

Re: N900 DIY Fisheye hack
 

Thats fantastic.

Re: N900 DIY Fisheye hack
 

Excellent!
Is that lens just the peeper from a door hole?

Re: N900 DIY Fisheye hack
 

hum ... result is better than mine :)

Re: N900 DIY Fisheye hack
 

First, thanks admins for moving this to prorper area :o. As I wrote, it was my 1st post.

I'm glad you like it guys. Yeap, it's peephole viewfinder. All is described more detailed in Flickr photo comments.

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And some more freaky pics, this time no editing:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3056/...11b99b4820.jpg
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4024/...4fe2ff606c.jpg

Re: N900 DIY Fisheye hack
 

that looks great!! excellent work mate ;)

Re: N900 DIY Fisheye hack
 

Wow, this is really nice, you should make a instructable!

Re: N900 DIY Fisheye hack
 

I just stumbled upon this last week and decided to try it out myself. :)

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2159/...d0970218_z.jpg
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5014/...08d0b468_z.jpg

And even a video test!

Re: N900 DIY Fisheye hack
 

Would it be possible to use such a method, bigger lenses, to actually improve picture quality (fisheye is not of interest here) ?

My k800i does better pictures because it has bigger lenses than n900, although it is only 3,2MP.

greets