frankencam research log

 

yet another lens variation. prinz galaxy 3x converted with 50mm carl zeiss tessar. worked well if that was what i wanted.

this time no converters but i have added the first two elements from a prakticar to the front of the carl zeiss. focused at about three feet but really magnified.

this is all the glass elements i am working with. there are about twenty pieces of glass. i have built countless variations. got a few nice macro lenses and some telephotos but nothing like a 50mm with normal focus range.

i took a chance the other day and called zeiss. believe it or not i had a long chat with a very helpful man there. he didnt think it was possible for me to build my own lens and thought that my best option would be to buy a very wide angle to make up for the crop factor. of course i cant afford such a thing. while thinking about it however i thought of super cameras. a quick bit of research showed that each frame on a super 8 film is almost the same size as the sensor in my frankencam. so as soon as i have a bit of money im going to buy one such as the above. hopefully it will do.