Show your Hacked Lenses!

Sonnar Brian

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I've hacked a couple in the past. The first one was the most ambitious - mounting Nikon L35AF 35/2.8 glass in an LTM mount.


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I used a badly faked polished brass Russian "Elmar" body, cut the tube down, and stuck the glass in. I was lucky that the aperture ended up just behind the glass, so I didn't have to modify that at all. Painted it black so I wouldn't have to look at the horrible shiny brass. Results were surprisingly good.


The second was a much simpler effort. I pulled the lens out of a cheap Praktica P&S (made by Fuji , it seems) and stuck it on the back of a body cap I drilled. Fixed focus, fixed aperture (f/5.6), 26mm focal length. Not great by any means, but cheap, easy, and occasionally entertaining.



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I haven't done any in years, though I'm mulling what to do with the lens in my unfortunately dead Hexar AF. I'd love to set it up for my LTM cameras by transferring it into an existing lens body, but I fear it may be more involved than I can manage, and I'd hate to ruin such a fine lens.
 
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