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Lens Adapting & Modification

26 December, 2019

That time I adapted lenses to (rather than from) a Chaika – by Tobias Eriksson

By Flashknappen

The following endeavour was something that I thought had been tried by others, but it turns out that I think it might be something new. I recently wondered, why not adapt the Ch...
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10 December, 2019

A path from, and back to, a Yashica 40mm f/1.7 lens – by Anders Bjørn Jensen

By laminatministeren

I have been an amateur photographer since I was 13 years old (in 1982) when my first camera was a now long-since-bricked Yashica Electro 35 GX. As dead as it was though, my path...
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5 August, 2019

That Time I Shot a Instamatic Lens on a Fuji XE-1 – by Tobias Eriksson

By Flashknappen

The Kodak Instamatic 500 might look like a common Instamatic camera. Boxy, thick, pocketable and simple, quickly loaded with a 126-film cassette. But once you take a closer look...
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10 July, 2019

Russian Slide Projector lens modification – By Stuart Jenkins

By Stuart Jenkins

'Sharp lenses' and 'cheap lenses' is a Venn diagram with a very small intersection. In search of such a short-telephoto lens for equestrian photography, I started looking at the...
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5 July, 2019

That time I shot freelensing with a Camedia D-435 and an Olympus OM 50mm – by Charles Higham

By Charles Higham

At the bottom of John Scott's fun gaffa tape pinhole lens post is Hamish's invitation for contributors to a new series entitled "That time I shot with a...". Essentially, any so...
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1 July, 2019

That time I shot with a Mamiya Press lens strapped to a Sony A7Rii – By Martin Ellard

By martinellard

I started collecting parts for a summer project with my son. I’ve been wanting to build a Goodman 3D printed medium format camera for a while and finally took the plunge on orde...
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24 June, 2019

That time I made the Sonblad – The Poor Man’s Hasselblad CFV II – by Simon Forster

By Simon Forster

Got to love those guys and gals at Hasselblad as they have just announced a second generation digital back for possibly the most iconic camera ever made. Click here to watch the...
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6 June, 2019

That time I shot with a Leica and gaffa tape as a “lens” – By John Scott

By John_S

Photography, cameras, techniques. I love everything about photography. There was a time when I was really into Lomography photography. The simplicity of taking a photo via a in ...
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