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Ya. 2 11S. 2 8S. 1 8P. 2 8'stands. Ansco's, Century studio cameras. I'm a camera junkie.

Shaun Irving had a utube video. Made a step van in to a camera. But he used a collection of lens elements. The article I saw showed his use of a planoconcave lens.

Tampon use to make a 0.5 Doppler for their 28-200 zoom. 72mm dia.
Another idea would be to use a planoconvex lens behind your primary lens. Kodak used them in some of their zoom copiers.
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Just looked on EBay. Try the seller ‘Cambridgephoto’. Looks like they’re selling a +0.5 and +0.25 vivitar brand. You want to confirm those focal lengths before buying. Easy to tape on a window and...

Yep, that’s it.
Trying to find the other two examples of close focus dopliers. One was +0.5 and the other was +0.25. All three were to help early zoom lens focus closer. Nikons +0.7 was designed...

Thanks, video did help.

Seller on eBay is selling precut old Aero rollfilm. Has anyone tried it? Would like to try it in a Patterson or a Yankee daylight processing tank with R9 1:100 stand processing. Film is half the...

You might try finding a copy of ‘Primative Photography’. Has info on building simple lens. Tin Can has good idea for long focus single element lens. Another possibility would be a Nikon 52mm #0...

Oh, and a $5 #1 Doppler for a portrait lens.

Try looking for an old Argyle copy camera. Or photos of one. The larger #23 had a 19x23 vertical back and a 5’ bellows on a fixed 6’ aluminum bed. No movements, but very mobile in a 6x12 cargo...

I bought one off eBay 3-4 years ago. Army green, bevel says its for 5x5 in. Came with lens cap but missing flange. Wanted to mount it on a speed graphic but never finished project. You ever take any...