 Have you ever played around with the macro mode on a camera (you know the ‘flower’ mode)? Most people have, but it’s not that impressive. Mostly because it’s not really close up. A regular macro shot will give you something like 0.5-0.7x magnification, which is… not very impressive. So lets do something about that! In this article we’ll show you one way to convert a Canon EF-S 18-55 standard lens to a super macro lens giving you from 1 to 4.5 times magnification! Then we’re talking an object of .2 inches (5mm) wide filling the whole picture! This image on the side is a long time exposure of an alligator clip up close taken with the lens. Pages 1-5 shows you the lens works and ideas behind it. Page 6 contains some sample pictures made with the lens Page 7 shows you the difference in different focal lengths (how much magnification) Page 8 demonstrates the practical differences in aperture and what’s useful Page 9 shows you in detail the different depth of fields with different apertures Link: DIY High quality macro lens out of a Canon EF-S 18-55 |
 How about making without making??
This is such a thing which actually isn’t a project in itself – but if it will give you a tenth as much help as its given me in the past years then it’s something I just have to share with you. In short – attach your cables in a smart way with an ordinary office supply and keep them movable/slidable. Link: Binder clips and cables |
 Entertaining children in the snow is my favorite waste of time! There’s just so much you can do with them and building a snow light if one of those things. Build it during the day and lit it as soon as it get dark. In this how-to Chris will take you through the collecting of the neccessary items (candle, paper and snow) and the assembly of the product step-by-step (e.g. make the snow balls) |
 I think everyone has heard about the anecdote about the engineer, the user and the coke – but anyway.
This might be an anecdote but accidents still happen and if it’s your own stuff then you’d rather fix it then buy a new one. Every dollar saved…. |
 Remote controls are a consumption product. They fall in the floor, the get coffee spilled over them, the get stepped on (maybe not..) – and they wear out. The second and last one are usually fixed by the handy-man in the house by opening the remote and cleaning it in one way or another. But when it comes to wear then that won’t work more then one or two times, then it simply fails. In this how-to we try to revive your remote by swapping the buttons around. Easier then you think actually. Link: Revive your old remote |
 Rafael writes:
In a brief DIY he explains how to put this together. Link: PIC wakeup clock |
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