tho60
Well-known
Hi!
I usually make accessories for my cameras of cardboard. These ones are cheap and funny. I’d like to give you some ideas.
1. Some buddies despairingly inquired where to buy lens hoods for FSU lenses. IMHO home made lens hoods serve well. You needn’t shape the hood tapered; a cylinder form is also sufficient. I use 2.5 cm (1 inch) high hoods for Jupiter-8, Jupiter-9, and Industar-22. Only the diameter is different. I haven’t tried hoods for Jupiter-11, but it may fit well. Wide angle lenses don’t need any hoods; their sunken shape protects them from side lighting. These hoods require a carrying tank (e.g. a small a plastic container for vitamins, died fruits etc.) to prevent crinkling. Another advantage: you can alter these hoods if they don’t work properly at first.
2. You can make lens caps with the method of Jay Javier. Visit http://jay.fedka.com/index_files/Page413.htm
3. Original filters of FSU lenses are much in demand and expensive. So you should take your own filter with bigger diameter than your lens and make a retaining ring of cardboard. Simply cut a ring of which outer diameter corresponds to the inner width of the filter, and its inner diameter coincides with the outer extent of your lens. The attached pictures tell all. At first, newly cutout cardboard will dusty when installed. Install and remove it until the dust runs out.
Note that you should use hard cardboard for lens caps and retaining rings. Lens hoods allow more flexible (i.e. slighter) material. Apply very strong glue; water-based adhesives are usually inefficient.
I usually make accessories for my cameras of cardboard. These ones are cheap and funny. I’d like to give you some ideas.
1. Some buddies despairingly inquired where to buy lens hoods for FSU lenses. IMHO home made lens hoods serve well. You needn’t shape the hood tapered; a cylinder form is also sufficient. I use 2.5 cm (1 inch) high hoods for Jupiter-8, Jupiter-9, and Industar-22. Only the diameter is different. I haven’t tried hoods for Jupiter-11, but it may fit well. Wide angle lenses don’t need any hoods; their sunken shape protects them from side lighting. These hoods require a carrying tank (e.g. a small a plastic container for vitamins, died fruits etc.) to prevent crinkling. Another advantage: you can alter these hoods if they don’t work properly at first.
2. You can make lens caps with the method of Jay Javier. Visit http://jay.fedka.com/index_files/Page413.htm
3. Original filters of FSU lenses are much in demand and expensive. So you should take your own filter with bigger diameter than your lens and make a retaining ring of cardboard. Simply cut a ring of which outer diameter corresponds to the inner width of the filter, and its inner diameter coincides with the outer extent of your lens. The attached pictures tell all. At first, newly cutout cardboard will dusty when installed. Install and remove it until the dust runs out.
Note that you should use hard cardboard for lens caps and retaining rings. Lens hoods allow more flexible (i.e. slighter) material. Apply very strong glue; water-based adhesives are usually inefficient.
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tho60
Well-known
I have forgotten: the filter retaining ring is held by friction only. Don't glue it to the filter or the lens!
konicaman
konicaman
Simple solutions are often the best. I like the idea!
I am not very handy, but I think I could manage this
I am not very handy, but I think I could manage this
Joao
Negativistic forever
With some patience, it is possible to find a bottle / jar plastic lid with a size suitable to fit any FSU lens; even the lids of the plastic film containers can fit some lenses. For my huge TAIR-3, something big : the lid of a "Pringles" box has the precise size and holds well in place.
If there are threads inside the plastic lid, they are easily removed with a sharp blade, and a paint layer completes the job.
Regards
Joao
If there are threads inside the plastic lid, they are easily removed with a sharp blade, and a paint layer completes the job.
Regards
Joao