The SLR Magic 8mm manual lens is a popular choice for photographers and videographers who want to add a unique look to their images. This lens offers a wide-angle perspective with a compact and lightweight design. It is manual focus, which may require some practice for those accustomed to autofocus lenses. However, the manual focus allows for greater control over the image and can result in sharp, artistic shots. The SLR Magic 8mm lens is known for its sharpness and clarity, especially when stopped down to smaller apertures. It also features a fast maximum aperture of f/4, which allows for shooting in low light conditions or creating shallow depth of field effects.
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It also features a fast maximum aperture of f/4, which allows for shooting in low light conditions or creating shallow depth of field effects. This lens is compatible with a range of mirrorless camera systems, making it a versatile option for photographers and videographers. Its wide-angle perspective is particularly well-suited for landscape photography, architectural shots, or capturing tight spaces.
Create a Magical Knight’s Castle
Kids will love our specially designed knight’s castle. Fun to make and even more fun to have adventures with. We also share our favorite ideas for a dashing knight’s party.
To Make The Knight’s Castle
This magical castle comes with 2 knights on horseback, a sword-wielding knight, a knight with a crossbow, flags, a dastardly dragon and castle ground scenery including a tree and 2 rabbits. Click here to print it out onto card (or paper which can then be stuck onto card).
You will need:
- Scissors
- Glue
- Double sided tape (optional)
- Craft knife
- Push pin and tack
- Pencil
- String or rope
- Darning needle
- Cocktail sticks
- Egg box base
Instructions:
Step 1: Cut out the windows and around the door using a craft knife. Make sure you leave the bottom of the door attached.
Step 2: Fold down the door and glue the separate door piece onto the back, to make it double sided.
Step 3: Punch holes in the front of the castle and in the door (use a push pin with a piece of tack behind, and then extend the hole with a pencil).
Cut two pieces of string (or rope) 6 inches long. Thread them through the front of the castle and through the door and knot each end. This will create a drawbridge.
Step 4: Fold the tabs on the front and back of the castle and attach the sides. You can now place the egg box in the back.
Step 5: Fold the flags in half and glue them on the top of the cocktail sticks.
Step 6: Set the scene.
4 Ways to Enjoy a Knight’s Party
If the castle has made your kids yearn for a knight’s party, then we’ve got lots of ideas for you to make it a party to remember.
1. Party table
Add lots of style with shining silver plates (check out our brilliant silver foil shield shaped plates), they look great hung on the walls as decorations too!) and sparkling candlesticks (for safety, use candles with fake flames).
2. Party crafts and games
There are some fabulous knight themed crafts and games they’ll love to make and play. We particularly like the teeny tiny catapault make which can be used to fire missiles at castle walls or dragons (which you can make out of cardboard) to knock them down.
Another great game is a trio of challenges to test the knights’ aim, strength and wit. To test their aim, blow bubbles and get them to pop them before they hit the ground (you can give them cardboard swords for this if you want, which you can get them to make first as a craft activity). For their strength challenge, get them each to take a turn to whack a pinata (with a plastic or wooden sword) to see who can burst it open we’ve got fabulous silver foil numbered pinatas that will look fantastic at a knight’s party). For the wit section, get each knight to tell the queen or king (pick an adult at the party) a joke, whomever makes them laugh the loudest is the winner.
3. Dress-up
Transform with our fabulous Dragon Knights’ helmets. For wonderful tips on how to make a sword, shield and tunic go here.
4. Party food and drinks
Create a banquet by serving large platters of food and jugs of drink. Good choices are dragon eggs (add green, blue or red food coloring to the water when boiling boiled eggs), fruit swords (pieces of fruit on wooden skewers), shield sandwiches or pizza (cut into shield shapes, and decorated with small pieces of bell pepper and lunch meat on top to give color and crunch) and cupcakes with knight themed toppers (like our set with silver foil cupcake cases and colorful knights and dragons toppers).
For drinks, if you want a gory touch (which let’s face it, kids love!) why not serve Dragon’s Blood? (simply serve cherryade or mix soda water with some raspberry or cranberry juice).
In conclusion, the SLR Magic 8mm manual lens is a compact and lightweight option that offers sharpness, clarity, and creative control. Its wide-angle perspective makes it ideal for certain types of photography, and its manual focus capability can result in stunning images with practice and precision..
Reviews for "How to Achieve Sharp Focus with the Slr Magic 8mm Manual Lens"
1. John - 2/5 - I was really disappointed with the Slr magic 8mm manual lens. The images it produced were often blurry and lacked sharpness, even when shooting at smaller apertures. I found the manual focus to be quite difficult to use, as the focus ring felt stiff and hard to control. Moreover, the lens had noticeable distortion around the edges, which was very distracting. Overall, I expected much better performance from this lens and would not recommend it.
2. Emma - 1/5 - I found the Slr magic 8mm manual lens to be a waste of money. The build quality felt cheap and flimsy, and the manual focus was incredibly frustrating to use. Additionally, I experienced significant chromatic aberration when shooting with this lens, resulting in purple and green fringing around the edges of my photos. I tried adjusting the settings and shooting in different lighting conditions, but the image quality never improved. I regret purchasing this lens and would advise others to steer clear of it.
3. David - 2/5 - The Slr magic 8mm manual lens fell short of my expectations. While it did provide a wide-angle perspective, the image quality was subpar. Fine details were often lost, and the images lacked clarity and sharpness. The manual focus ring was difficult to manipulate, especially when trying to achieve precise focus. Additionally, I noticed a significant amount of barrel distortion, which was especially noticeable in architectural shots. I would recommend looking for other options if you're in need of a wide-angle lens.