How to make a DIY camera lens from old optics

Mathieu Stern made a DIY monocle lens for his digital camera by using some vintage old optics and a 3D printer.


Here is the project video, the photographs are amazing:






Here is a project homepage with more details:

http://nofilmschool.com/2016/11/master-weird-lenses-just-made-3d-printed-lens-and-its-awesome


Here is the entire setup mounted on a camera:

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How to design 3d printable eyeglasses with Blender and free pince-nez library

There have been some guides on 3d printing DIY eyeglasses in the past but Jenny made a dedicated Blender library that will enable you to create high quality 3d printable frames from SVG (scalable vector graphics) images of commercial glass frames.
The library will allow you to adjust all the parameters to get a perfect fitting frames where you can insert your prescription lenses.

Here is a video of how you insert the lenses in a frames designed with this method:


She made two post detailing the process:

https://caretdashcaret.wordpress.com/2015/02/27/3d-printed-glasses/

https://caretdashcaret.wordpress.com/2014/07/21/3d-print-your-own-glasses/

You can download her eyeglasses Blender library here:

https://github.com/caretdashcaret/pince-nez

Great work Jenny! As a life long glasses wearer I salute you!

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DIY 3d printed resin lens made on Form 1+

3d printing optical lenses is usually in domain of high tech companies, but Craig Broady developed and tested a method that enables you to print functional lenses on Form 1 + with clear resin. 

The process is well documented in a form of a guide on Formlabs forums and it involves a post-processing by polishing the surface with sand paper and scratch removal fluid.

The lens is 1.75mm at its thinnest and 4.32mm at its thickest, printed with a 50 micron layer thickness.

Working lens printed as a monocle on Formlabs 1+ with clear resin

3d lens during design phase, you can see supports and holding structure

Lens after printing with partial removal of support material

Lens mounted on a hand power drill to smoothen and polish the surface

More detailed guide can be found here together with lens files:

http://formlabs.com/en/company/blog/2014/09/24/lenses-3D-printed-formlabs/

Hopefully we will see more functional objects developed like small binoculars, telescopes and others ... Great job Craig!

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Kapsones - customizable 3d printed lens caps for Canon camera lenses

Kapsones - customizable 3d printed lens caps for Canon camera lenses. Priced at 19,95 euro.

http://koopkapsones.nl/

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