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Digital Camera World
Digital Camera World
Hillary K. Grigonis

What the bokeh?!? This hacker created programmable bokeh using an old phone screen and mount adapter on a mirrorless camera

A mount adapter with a custom DIY bokeh filter.

Shaped disks called bokeh filters have long been used to change the shape of bokeh – but one hacker has just rigged a digital system that can change and even animate the shape of bokeh at the press of a button.

The hack comes from YouTuber and creator Ancient James. The YouTuber took an old phone LCD screen and a mount adapter to give a mirrorless camera programable, animated bokeh effects.

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