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Thread: 75 Zeiss Biogon mil. surplus barrel lens - sketch for mounting into Copal 1 shutter

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    75 Zeiss Biogon mil. surplus barrel lens - sketch for mounting into Copal 1 shutter

    I had a military-surplus 75mm Zeiss Biogon barrel lens that I wanted to mount into a shutter. I borrowed a converted lens and made the attached sketches in case anybody wants to do this. After having the machining done, I can confirm that everything fits as it should.
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    Re: 75 Zeiss Biogon mil. surplus barrel lens - sketch for mounting into Copal 1 shutt

    Would you post some pictures of it finished?

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    Re: 75 Zeiss Biogon mil. surplus barrel lens - sketch for mounting into Copal 1 shutt

    A man called schneider should never use Carl Zeiss!

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    Re: 75 Zeiss Biogon mil. surplus barrel lens - sketch for mounting into Copal 1 shutt

    Quote Originally Posted by ruilourosa View Post
    A man called schneider should never use Carl Zeiss!
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    Re: 75 Zeiss Biogon mil. surplus barrel lens - sketch for mounting into Copal 1 shutt

    Very interesting. Thank you.

    A very minor contribution: with my similar conversion of a physically larger 3" Biogon (covers 5x5"), there is a spacer in front of the shutter which allowed final fine machining to suit lens spacing. You can barely see it in the photo.

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    Re: 75 Zeiss Biogon mil. surplus barrel lens - sketch for mounting into Copal 1 shutt

    Quote Originally Posted by Jac@stafford.net View Post
    A very minor contribution: with my similar conversion of a physically larger 3" Biogon (covers 5x5"), there is a spacer in front of the shutter which allowed final fine machining to suit lens spacing. You can barely see it in the photo.
    Very nice to see! I used to have two of these lenses (from KS-87B aerial cameras; mine were by Pacific Optical) but could never figure out how to easily mount it into a shutter.

    Quote Originally Posted by Boscoe View Post
    Would you post some pictures of it finished?
    Regarding the conversion of the Zeiss 75mm lens (from the KS-71 aerial camera), here are some pics. The rear barrel (R) is machined to mate to a Copal 1 shutter, and the front barrel (L) uses the adapter to mate to the shutter. The tape on the front glass is to protect it while I have a custom lenscap made.
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    Re: 75 Zeiss Biogon mil. surplus barrel lens - sketch for mounting into Copal 1 shutt

    More details. Left pic: the front element is on the left, rear barrel to the right, with the adapter for the front barrel in between.
    ..................Center pic: detail of the rear barrel after machining to mate to a Copal shutter.
    ..................Right pic: detail of front barrel (not modified for the conversion), and showing interior of adapter for front barrel.
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    Re: 75 Zeiss Biogon mil. surplus barrel lens - sketch for mounting into Copal 1 shutt

    Quote Originally Posted by John Schneider View Post
    The rear barrel (R) is machined to mate to a Copal 1 shutter
    That is very cool. The #5 shutter I use has become unreliable. In fact, I now have two broken #5s.

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    Re: 75 Zeiss Biogon mil. surplus barrel lens - sketch for mounting into Copal 1 shutt

    What kind of picture quality do you get from this John? Cheers

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    75 Zeiss Biogon mil. surplus barrel lens - sketch for mounting into Copal 1 shutter

    I’ve been trying something similar, albeit in plastic: 3-D printing an adapter for 3” Goerz Hycon cells, which I picked up unused 15 years ago. This is my first version for a #3 shutter. I’d rather do it in metal, but I am making do with what I have.



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