Weird lens guru Mathieu Stern is back at it with a new video that shows images captured with two $20 Carl Zeiss projector lenses he converted into camera lenses. As with many of Stern's DIY projector lens projects, both of these lenses -- a 120mm F1.9 and a 105mm F1.9 -- lack any way to focus and don't have any adjustable aperture. While the adjustable aperture isn't quite so easy to address, the video briefly shows how he uses an M65 Helicoid ring adapter to give manual focus abilities to the l...
Video: Weird lens guru turns $20 Carl Zeiss projector lens into a swirly-bokeh camera lens
DP Review - 25 Oct 2020 19:52
Weird lens guru Mathieu Stern is back at it with a new video that shows images captured with two $20 Carl Zeiss projector lenses he converted into camera lenses. As with many of Stern's DIY projector lens projects, both of these lenses -- a 120mm F1.9 and a 105mm F1.9 -- lack any way to focus and don't have any adjustable aperture. While the adjustable aperture isn't quite so easy to address, the video briefly shows how he uses an M65 Helicoid ring adapter to give manual focus abilities to the l...
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