Opteka Voyeur Right Angle Spy Lens
Sep 12, 2023 10:04:20 #
Sep 12, 2023 11:05:51 #
awenderoff wrote:
Any suggestions/hints on using the Opteka Voyeur Right Angle Spy Lens?
I’m thinking this is a question for the folks at Langley (CIA)
Sep 12, 2023 11:33:38 #
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Sep 12, 2023 11:41:11 #
I had one in the '70s on a Nikkormat with a 135. The Navy sent me to Bandar Abbas, Iran for a few days. It is a very small, isolated town that is certainly off limits now. In Iran then, it was considered very bad form to take pictures of people. They felt that photographs stole the soul.
With the right angle lens, I paid no attention to what was actually in front of the camera because I was looking sideways. I will never forget the Iranian man moving towards me from across a narrow street shaking his fist at me. He was not in my viewfinder but thought he was because the camera was pointing at him!
I got some great "candid" photos that are among my best ever "street shots".
With the right angle lens, I paid no attention to what was actually in front of the camera because I was looking sideways. I will never forget the Iranian man moving towards me from across a narrow street shaking his fist at me. He was not in my viewfinder but thought he was because the camera was pointing at him!
I got some great "candid" photos that are among my best ever "street shots".
Sep 12, 2023 11:45:03 #
bsprague wrote:
I had one in the '70s on a Nikkormat with a 135. ... (show quote)
Many of them just wear flip flops, so the theft is detected instantaneously.
Sep 12, 2023 11:50:43 #
srg wrote:
Many of them just wear flip flops, so the theft is detected instantaneously.
Thanks. You got me in time to fix it!
Sep 12, 2023 13:07:08 #
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As a kid, I remember reading an article in a photography magazine that illustrated how to do street photography of people in a clandestine manner- cheap and dirty. It advised painting the cardboard core from toilet paper black and mounting it on the focusing knob of a Rolleiflex TLR, thereby having the lens aimed at 90 degrees. I cou not afford a Rolleiflex at the time so I immediately extracted the toilet roll core (I couldn't wait to use it up) and mounted it, after painting it, on my Yasica-Mat. It works OK, in a manner of speaking. I thought it would be cool to make a "telephoto" version out of a paper towel core but never go around to it!
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As a kid, I remember reading an article in a photography magazine that illustrated how to do street photography of people in a clandestine manner- cheap and dirty. It advised painting the cardboard core from toilet paper black and mounting it on the focusing knob of a Rolleiflex TLR, thereby having the lens aimed at 90 degrees. I cou not afford a Rolleiflex at the time so I immediately extracted the toilet roll core (I couldn't wait to use it up) and mounted it, after painting it, on my Yasica-Mat. It works OK, in a manner of speaking. I thought it would be cool to make a "telephoto" version out of a paper towel core but never go around to it!
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Sep 12, 2023 13:40:38 #
Sep 12, 2023 16:08:33 #
awenderoff wrote:
Any suggestions/hints on using the Opteka Voyeur Right Angle Spy Lens?
For the Pentax variety they suggest using a 200mm or 300mm lens.
Sep 12, 2023 16:55:59 #
These are some of the spy lens pictures. Notice they are staring at the American Navy pilot that has a big camera.
Sep 12, 2023 17:18:26 #
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Sep 12, 2023 22:52:50 #
E.L.. Shapiro wrote:
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Another technique I have used to shoot street photos without people knowing I was photographing them - use a wide angle and compose with the subject off center. It looks to them like you are shooting something beyond them.
Sep 14, 2023 17:12:53 #
awenderoff wrote:
Any suggestions/hints on using the Opteka Voyeur Right Angle Spy Lens?
I wanted one of those as a teen to get discreet bikini shots from the boardwalk.
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