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Macro shot using an antique projector lens on my digital camera [OC] (files.catbox.moe)
submitted 1 year ago by Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/pics@lemmy.world
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This miniature is about 1 inch (25mm) tall

The lens I took the shot with is a 35mm f/1.2 projector lens from the Soviet Union

The focus was incredibly hard to nail due to the lens having no aperture control so the depth of field was so small that in this image of you look closely you'll see his ear is more in focus than his face.

If there's any more questions I'll happily answer them.

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[-] colourlesspony@pawb.social 6 points 1 year ago

I love the colors!

[-] crypticthree@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

I've been messing around with an old projector lens from a Kodak slide projector. I printed a barrel that slips over the lens that has m42 threading on the end and attached an m42 to E-mount helicoid to make focusing easier. I can get a pretty clean focus at infinity and the field of focus is surprisingly wide

[-] Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Hell yeah friend

I printed a barrel to go over this one as well so it would fit in a m42 helicoid so I could focus, unfortunately though infinity on this lens is at 16mm and the only way I can currently get that is literally holding the lens in the open mount hole.

This is what mine currently looks like

Edit: 3D printing is an amazing supplement to any hobby that may end up with some crafting or having to order parts.

Now to see if I can 3D print a helicoid or mount for my camera

[-] crypticthree@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

With the Lumix you should be able to hit infinity focus. The flange distance is only 20mm

[-] Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 year ago

The problem is mostly finding an adapter that lets me slide them lens close enough to the sensor

The lens body is just to wide to fit through the adapter I had for my other m42 lens

But I think I found one that will work it'll just take a few days to arrive

this post was submitted on 23 Sep 2023
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