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Do It Yourself Lenses

After I have had a lot of fun taking pictures with AF lenses, and even manual focus lenses, I have turned my attention to enlarging lenses, projection lenses, and whatever that can form images. These lenses can not be mounted on the camera directly and they need to be mounted on some sort of focusing barrel before you can take pictures.

This gallery is devoted to assembling your own lenses.
Rodenstock Omegaron 150mm f4.5 Enlarger Lens
gallery: Rodenstock Omegaron 150mm f4.5 Enlarger Lens 		Rodenstock Rodagon 80mm f4
gallery: Rodenstock Rodagon 80mm f4 		Wollensak 209mm f4.5 Raptar Copy Lens
gallery: Wollensak 209mm f4.5 Raptar Copy Lens 		Schneider 105mm f4.5 Enlarging Lens
gallery: Schneider 105mm f4.5 Enlarging Lens
Schneider 75mm f4 Enlarging Lens
gallery: Schneider 75mm f4 Enlarging Lens 		Schneider Componon-S Enlarging Lens
gallery: Schneider Componon-S Enlarging Lens 		Do It Yourself Soft Focus Lens
gallery: Do It Yourself Soft Focus Lens 		Voigtlander Skopar 8.3cm
gallery: Voigtlander Skopar 8.3cm
ILEX 3 INCH (80mm) f1.3 Oscillo-Paragon Medium Format Lens
gallery: ILEX 3 INCH (80mm) f1.3 Oscillo-Paragon Medium Format Lens 		Do It Yourself NEX Focusing Helicoid
gallery: Do It Yourself NEX Focusing Helicoid 		Wollensak 75mm f1.9 Oscillo-Anastigmat
gallery: Wollensak 75mm f1.9 Oscillo-Anastigmat 		Kern-Bolex 50mm f1.3 Projection Lens
gallery: Kern-Bolex 50mm f1.3 Projection Lens
Reflex Zoom 9-28mm f1.1 8mm movie lens Front Element
gallery: Reflex Zoom 9-28mm f1.1 8mm movie lens Front Element 		Agfa Variogon 9-30mm f1.8 Front element
gallery: Agfa Variogon 9-30mm f1.8 Front element 		TAYLOR HOBSON ORTAL 3 inch 75mm f2 TV Lens
gallery: TAYLOR HOBSON ORTAL 3 inch 75mm f2 TV Lens 		EL-Nikkor 50mm f2.8
gallery: EL-Nikkor 50mm f2.8
Kodak Enlarging Ektar 100mm f4.5
gallery: Kodak Enlarging Ektar 100mm f4.5 		Federal 55mm f4.5 Anastigmat Enlarging Lens
gallery: Federal 55mm f4.5 Anastigmat Enlarging Lens 		Leitz Hektor 135mm f4.5
gallery: Leitz Hektor 135mm f4.5 		Bausch & Lomb Super Cinephor 4.75 inch f1.9
gallery: Bausch & Lomb Super Cinephor 4.75 inch f1.9
Federal Fedar 3.5 inch f6.3 Enlarging Lens
gallery: Federal Fedar 3.5 inch f6.3 Enlarging Lens 		Astro-Kino Color 65mm f1.5 Projection Lens
gallery: Astro-Kino Color 65mm f1.5 Projection Lens 		Leitz Varob 5cm f3.5 Enlarging Lens
gallery: Leitz Varob 5cm f3.5 Enlarging Lens 		Bell & Howell 76mm f1.6 Projection Lens
gallery: Bell & Howell 76mm f1.6 Projection Lens
Kowa Super-Prominar-16 50mm f1.2 Projection Lens
gallery: Kowa Super-Prominar-16 50mm f1.2 Projection Lens 		Leitz Colorplan 90mm f2.5 Projection Lens
gallery: Leitz Colorplan 90mm f2.5 Projection Lens 		Schneider Procolar 60mm Projector lens
gallery: Schneider Procolar 60mm Projector lens 		Jupiter-8M Rangerfinder 50mm f2
gallery: Jupiter-8M Rangerfinder 50mm f2
Kodak Projection Ektagraphic 50mm f1.2 Lens
gallery: Kodak Projection Ektagraphic 50mm f1.2 Lens 		EL-NIKKOR 63mm f3.5
gallery: EL-NIKKOR 63mm f3.5 		Rodenstock 90mm f4.5 Rogonar-S
gallery: Rodenstock 90mm f4.5 Rogonar-S

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Boris21-Sep-2011 22:18
Good work has been done!
shashi 05-Sep-2009 18:20
hello sir am shashi from india i saw all the effort u put in making those non photographic lenses to work on slr cameras nice job.

me too have the same hobby of adopting other lenses to my practica ltl
i have even 112mm 1.4 lens to fit and focus on my practica ltl i collect mostly sharp means near to f :1 and mostly german lenses .
ok any how all the very best sir i could not reed ur name sorry ok i have my mail id here u can b in touch with me sorry my english is very poor bye
Guest 22-Aug-2009 14:47
Very nice... I have tried doing a DIY lens.. Hope you can share how you construct them step by step.. thanks.
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