What Does It Look to Take a Photo With Half a Lens?
Viltrox recently showcased a unique photography experiment on Instagram by using a lens that has been sliced in half. The video demonstrates how the modified lens captures images while revealing the internal optical elements. This playful demonstration has intrigued photographers by highlighting the optical behavior of lenses and the image projection process.
- ▪Viltrox shared a video on Instagram demonstrating a lens cut in half.
- ▪The experiment reveals internal optical elements while still capturing images.
- ▪The lens used was the Viltrox AF 35mm f/1.2 LAB FE, a premium autofocus lens.
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What Does It Look to Take a Photo With Half a Lens? May 22, 2026 Kate Garibaldi Viltrox has posted one of the more unusual photography demonstrations on Instagram recently, showing what happens when you take a photo with a lens that’s been sliced in half. freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: "PetaPixel_728x90_ATF_Desktop", slotId: "PetaPixel_728x90_ATF_Desktop" }); freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: "PetaPixel_300x600_300x250_320x50_Mobile", slotId: "PetaPixel_300x600_300x250_320x50_Mobile" }); The short video, shared through the company’s Instagram, demonstrates the modified lens photographing a model dressed in a maid costume while revealing exactly how much of the image circle is actually being projected through the optics.
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