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Subject: Re: Pictor 416: attaching 35mm camera lens
From: Henrik Persson
Reply To: mapug@shore.net
Date: Sun Jan 06 14:04:31 1980

At 22:57 31-03-96, ROBERT FIOLEK wrote:

>I would like to use 35mm lenses with my Pictor CCD. What parts are
>neccessary, (part numbers and brand names please) and where Can I
>obtain the parts mail order. I have Minolta lenses.
>

As posted a few day ago I used a 55mm lens from my old Pentax Spotmatic. To
match the distance to the focal plane in the camera, I inserted an extension
ring. It contains no lenses, so brand is not important as long as the
threading matches the lens and the Pictor. Buy several rings of different
sizes so you can combine them to match your setup. I could not get an exact
match and the result was that my images look like they were shot with a 500
mm lens - I was both surprised and impressed, when I first saw them :-)

You can take a look at http://inet.uni-c.dk/~hpersson/hyakutak.htm

greetings
henrik
Henrik Persson hpersson@inet.uni-c.dk

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