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If you need a lens for a project, chances are pretty good that you pick up a catalog or look up an optics vendor online and just order something. Practical, …read more Continue reading The Ins and Outs of Casting Lenses from Epoxy
While browsing through an antiques shop, [Nick Morganti] came across a Kodak slide projector with an absolutely massive lens hanging off the front. Nearly a foot long and with a …read more Continue reading Printed Adapter Puts Vintage Lens Back to Work
Lens caps are important for protecting expensive camera lenses from damage. Dust, grit, and other nasty things will all quickly spoil the quality of a shot, and can even permanently …read more Continue reading 3D Printing Your Own Sturdy Lens Caps
We think of radioactive material as something buried away in bunkers with bombs, power plants, and maybe some exotic medical equipment. But turns out, there are little bits of radiation …read more Continue reading Everything You Always Wanted to Know about Radioactive Lenses
When fate lands a very high quality lens in front of you, what do you do with it? If you are [Tim Hamilton], the solution is obvious. Use it in …read more Continue reading One Of The Largest Large Format Cameras You Will Ever Have Seen
The digital camera revolution swept through the world in the early 2000s, and aside from some unique situations and a handful of artists still using film, almost everyone has switched …read more Continue reading Analog Camera Goes Digital
When it comes to inspiring a lifelong appreciation of science, few experiences are as powerful as that first glimpse of the world swimming in a drop of pond water as …read more Continue reading Lego Microscope Aims to Discover Future Scientists
If there’s one thing that continues to impress us about the Hackaday community as the years roll by, it’s the willingness to share what we’ve learned with each other. Not …read more Continue reading Air-Assist Analysis Reveals Most Effective — and Quietest — Methods
Anamorphic lenses are a great way to shoot in widescreen, but they’re prohibitively expensive on digital formats. Enthusiasts have experimented with using anamorphic adapter lenses from old projectors, but focusing …read more Continue reading An Anamorphic Lens Adapter For Very Pretty Video
Modern zoom lenses work wonderfully, but crack one open and you’ll be greeted by a truly terrifying degree of micro-mechanical complexity, with 20 or more polished glass elements set to move in different directions at varying rates when you work the zo… Continue reading MIT creates a camera lens that can change focus without moving parts