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2-Sep-2017, 18:45
I bought myself a decent Aero-Ektar 12 inches f2.5 not so long ago (#RM168) on that site, and it came with yellow and blue dots. I know the yellow and purple dots are quite common but I still could not find exactly what blue dot meant for. If any of you wonderful folks knows what blue dot means then please let me know.
Anyway I figured the shutter housing that it came with is bulky, so I decided to convert it to an aperture one . I have been having this idea of a Carl Meyer conversion for about two years now, and I have been sitting on the idea, but I did not find a cheap AE12 to test it on. For you guys did not know, Carl Meyer (Burk & James) outsourced the lenses and rehoused quite a lot, including re-housed AE 7 inches f2.5 and AE 12 inches f2.5 and called them Carl Meyer 7 inches f2.5 or Carl Meyer 12 inches f2.5 with aperture ring. I stumbled upon a Carl Meyer version of AE12 a few years ago on that site, but I missed out on getting it. The lens also shed down some weight.
Anyway here is the original lens in its housing glory
https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4432/36802442226_174a44289d_o.jpg
https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4391/36990273025_639a4ee1ec_o.jpg
After the conversion
https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4346/36802442176_58469c899a_c.jpg
https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4430/36802442016_cc37c755c6_b.jpg
Currently the lens is getting LED Growlight treatment to bleach the yellowing
Anyway I figured the shutter housing that it came with is bulky, so I decided to convert it to an aperture one . I have been having this idea of a Carl Meyer conversion for about two years now, and I have been sitting on the idea, but I did not find a cheap AE12 to test it on. For you guys did not know, Carl Meyer (Burk & James) outsourced the lenses and rehoused quite a lot, including re-housed AE 7 inches f2.5 and AE 12 inches f2.5 and called them Carl Meyer 7 inches f2.5 or Carl Meyer 12 inches f2.5 with aperture ring. I stumbled upon a Carl Meyer version of AE12 a few years ago on that site, but I missed out on getting it. The lens also shed down some weight.
Anyway here is the original lens in its housing glory
https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4432/36802442226_174a44289d_o.jpg
https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4391/36990273025_639a4ee1ec_o.jpg
After the conversion
https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4346/36802442176_58469c899a_c.jpg
https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4430/36802442016_cc37c755c6_b.jpg
Currently the lens is getting LED Growlight treatment to bleach the yellowing