Don't be offended if I sent you this link and said nothing else. Please understand that replying to individual questions about this or that lens eats up a lot of my time and prevents me from developing original content for a larger audience - yourself included. So read the post and watch the video …
Unusual review, for one of the strangest projection lenses around. Behold a 2x stretch native single focus anamorphic adapter! It was interesting, but the best results out of this lens are still to come! USEFUL LINKS: Look for a Bell & Howell Anamorphic Projection Lens on eBay Get 58mm close up …
Time to go mythbusting again and test out if flipping the rear element of the Century Optics adapter really brings all those benefits people claim about close focusing. USEFUL LINKS: Look for a Century Optics Anamorphic on eBay Look for a Canon EF 40mm f/2.8 on eBay Look for a Jupiter 9 85mm f/2 …
Doing the mods has been a lot of fun, but having a fully working oval aperture is a game changer. This Helios 44-2 has been modified to take an oval shape and has a smooth aperture that ranges from f/5.6 to f/11 USEFUL LINKS: Get a Helios 44-2 58mm f/2 M42 on eBay Look for a Cat Eye Helios 44-2 on …
This is a long post about thinking I was smart when I was stupid. It could've had terrible consequences but I was lucky enough to get through without losing money in spite of taking all the wrong steps. By the end of May, some of you might remember a couple LOMO BAS Squarefronts popped up on eBay. …
Here's a quick trick for the widest possible taking lens when using 2x stretch anamorphics. There's a little bit of hacking and slashing, but not much, I promise. USEFUL LINKS: Get a 63mm f/2.8 El-Nikkor enlarging lens on eBay Get a M39 to M42 ring on eBay Get an M42 to EF adapter on eBay Get M42 …
Time to go wide on the mods, since getting adapters that get this field of view is a real challenge. Here's how to turn a Pentacon 29mm into an anamorfake lens! USEFUL LINKS: Look for a Pentacon 29mm on eBay Get a lens wrench on eBay Buy focus gears on eBay Get aperture discs on eBay Look for a …