Questions tagged [diy]
Stands for "Do it yourself", and refers to the creating or improvising equipment out of materials on hand, as opposed to purchasing a pre-made product.
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How can I disassemble a Computar M8513 lens?
How can I disassemble a Computar M8513 lens?
It is a C-mount lens with a focal length of 8.5 and f1:1.3, it has manual focus and manual aperture.
The aperture/iris can be opened/closed rotating the ...
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Why won’t the aperture adjust on my Sony A camera? [closed]
I recently bought a telezoom objective without built-in AF. I did not bother because my camera has an AF which could handle the focus on such lenses.
I always had used lenses with built-in AF so I did ...
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What Canon RF lenses have non-moving lens attachment points? (Heavy lens attachment)
I built a lens attachment for a project I have been working on on and off for the past few years.
I have been shooting with the RP through an EF 28 f1.8. this lens works because the threaded lens ...
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How does an afocal lens produce an image on a screen?
I'm really confused about it. If such a lens is necessarily focused at infinity and does not have a plan of focus, then, does it mean it can produce a clear picture on a screen, no matter how close it ...
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Recreate this lens specification
So my Samsung note 10 details say this about their telephoto lens 12 MP, f/2.1, 52mm (telephoto), 1/3.6", 1.0µm, PDAF, OIS, 2x optical zoom. I tried using it to see through my peephole which has ...
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What shutter can fit a lens element with large glass?
I am building a camera using a very large front glass element for the lens (diameter is 70mm).
At first, I thought I should try to find a shutter that is 70mm in diameter as well, one that can ...
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konica hexar upgrade
I found this lovely old konica hexar in a drawer.
It's already a pretty cool camera, but I found out it can be even cooler. The later versions have some extra features and konica used to offer a ...
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DIY Visible light blocking filter (IR passing filter)
Which one is a better option (to block more visible light and to block less IR light), floppy disk or developed unexposed photographic film?
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Calculating Lens Hood Dimensions
How can I calculate for a given lens, where in the periphery a theoretical lens hood would become visible?
This seems dependent on the size of the front element, focal length, and possibly other ...
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Equipment question - what in a lens name denotes when the filter mount moves during focusing?
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Canon RP
I built a somewhat heavy lens attachment that mounts to the filter ring. This is fine with my old 85mm f1.8 as the filter ring is directly on the lens body.
I recently got a 35mm f1....
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Can a LCD projector imprint an image onto a light-sensitive paper?
I am trying to develop an experiment in which I would expose a fast-framed video (almost timelapse-y) to a light-sensitive paper for a short amount of time as in the same process used to make ...
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Canon 18-55mm lens giving err01 after it fell down
Sometime back I accidentally dropped my canon EFS 18-55mm lens (open caps); I cleaned the contact areas and any kind of dirt I could see on it. After that it was a bit jittery whenever I zoomed, but ...
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What DIY methods exist to trigger a Lumix G3 without touching the camera?
I have a Panasconic Lumix DMC-G3 with a 175 mm lens which I need to trigger without touching the camera to reduce camera shake1.
I know of the following ways to take a photo without touching the ...
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How to make photographic film at home
I am working on building my own camera. For the first part I made a simple lens design and crafted the lenses out of acrylic glass. My lens is a rough 100mm lens with 3 elements and I used a 3d ...
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How can I control the aperture of a Nikon G lens when using extension tubes? [duplicate]
Due to corona lockdown, I'd like to try macro photography. I have two lenses (18–55 and 35 f/1.8) and a Nikon D5300. As I currently do not have the money to buy a real macro lens, I found 3 cheaper ...
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