I was very fortunate to receive this as a gift this week. It did not fit my mate nor his wife. But it fitted me so I got it. _MG_0541_AC by rayallen posted Jul 13, 2018 at 4:29 PM _MG_0542_AC by rayallen posted Jul 13, 2018 at 4:29 PM
Yes, definitely, Robert. There are more pockets that you can't see. If I filled them all up I think my legs would give way.
you lucky bugger, every time I get something like that or want to buy it I am too fat for it, I ended up getting a fly fishing vest does the same job but doesn't have canon on it so it was cheaper but still a very useful item when you are walking around it beats a backpack
while we are on the subject of neat cool things I came across a pistol grip with a trigger and could not see what it could be useful for, I was sure it was camera related but did not take a shutter cable release. I left it on the bottom shelf, looked higher up the shelves and found a Sun Telephoto lens 85 to 210 f4.8 through the range of the zoom. The zoom ring had a lever sticking out and was firm to rotate . This was a video lens. It cost me 10 dollars and I took it back to my car and looked at it. There was something missing off of it and then thought of the pistol grip. so I walked all the way from my car to the stall at the market and had another look at the pistol grip, it fitted the lens and the trigger operates the aperture when filming, all up cost was 15 dollars with some faint scratching on the rear element, Do you know of anyone who recoats lens as the gentle man who used to do it down here in Tassie passed away and there is no-one here that has the gear or experience.
Yes, Craig, I did get lucky. My mate has his own vest and this was purchased for his wife. It is marked L (Large, I guess) and she is taller than I am but it didn't fit her. I am only 72kg and L size garments normally swim all over me but this one fits perfectly. Not skin tight but you don't want that in a vest. So, I was in the right place at the right time.
An interesting find, Craig. You were smart enough to realise that the two might fit together and you did a good deal. I assume that a video camera mounts onto the screw thread on the R/H end. I did a Google search and found two places in Aus that do lens recoating: http://digicam.com.au/ http://www.francislordoptics.com.au/service-list/ Maybe one of them can help you. Best of luck.
Thanks Ray I will have a look at them, I have one problem in fitting the lens to my camera and that is handle does not sit in a vertical position when it is fitted to the adapter it is off to the side, so I have cut out some cardboard spacers to correct it but I think this might affect the infinity focus, I will try it out today
I tried the lens I got from the market last Sunday and the scratches do not appear to cause a problem, even when I blow the photos up to 10 times the standard size but having to pack the lens out to have the handle in the vertical position has affected the lens at infinity, I think the only way to fix it will be to buy another adapter and remove the stop screw and re drill the hole for the camera's stop pin. I have already remove the stop screw and sat it in position, this seems to work. so with a bit more luck I will not have to have the rear element polished One other thing I have started to like is to adjust the aperture, I just look at the camera's light meter and squeeze the trigger to adjust the aperture, take the shot.No mucking around at the back of the camera. Quick and simple.
I hope that you can avoid getting that rear element polished or recoated as I expect that the cost may have been hard to justify. Have fun trying to get it all working.
Thanks Ray, my thought exactly. I have just purchased another Sun Optics lens in the same zoom Range and M42 mount. with a bit of haze on the front element, Hope fully the rear element fits the video lens and I can swap the two around. If it doesn't work I'll clean the haze off and use the new lens.
Some days it is worth getting out of bed. I purchased another sun optics lens the same zoom range as the video lens, hoping I could swap the rear element over with the video lens I had brought for 15 dollars at the market. The new lens arrived and I pulled the rear element out to swap them over but it was a bee's proverbial too big, so I stripped the glass elements out, cleaned them and reassembled the lens. When I cleaned the rear element on the video lens I found , what I thought was scratches were no longer there when I cleaned the rear element, must have been dust or other matter. the second problem I had with the lens was the pistol grip did not sit vertically on the camera so to correct the position I packed the lens out a bit on the M42 adapter which resulted on the infinity focus being out. when I stripped the rear lens out I found the rear collar with the M42 thread on it was held in place by 3 grub screws so this has allowed me to reposion the pistol grip with out losing infinity focus. It out might have to wait some day before I can rely test them as Has been raining a fair bit down here in Tassy. All up cost 45 dollars for two rather natty lenses.
Hey Craig, that is a really good news story. I am glad that it all has worked out so well so far. I now look forward to hearing/seeing the results of your testing.
They say the proof is in the pudding, this is the first use of the 15 dollar lens, the clip was taken as part of a series of videos on food I was filming for the community house where I teach my photography class. It was taken with my 60D, it was edited in Photoshop v18 and then I converted it form a mp4 file to a GIF file.
That image is nice and sharp, Craig. And that is quite amazing given the conversions it has gone through to allow you to present it here. You certainly have made the most of your bargain buy. Well done, matey!
Thanks Ray, The second lens had some growth in it which I cleaned with double strength vinegar , I have not tried this before as I usually use metho but it was effective, the advantage is it is not a harsh chemical and doesn't strip the coating off. the only fault is a bit of looseness in the barrel, I will have to strip half the guts of the lens out to tighten it up. If I am successful I might take a few photos showing what I have done as a bit of a interest thing, someone might get something out of it provided I don't end up with spare parts.
Good luck with the lens strip and repair. I once tried to fix a cheap Hanimex 135mm and found that most of the inner working bits were plastic. I never did get it working properly after many tries so it ended up in the bin. No loss really as I had an older one which was mostly metal and it is still working now. Same brand and same focal length but much better quality.
I have a 3,2,1 fix/stuffed rate. I have successfully stripped and repaired 3 lenses, was unable to fix 2 due to broken or lost parts and the last failure was out of my control. I purchase off of ebay a 300mm Canon FD mount lens. it had mold in it. I had it completely stripped and laid it out, I cleaned the mold up and removed it. The lens was ready for reassembly the next day. Unfortunately I ended up in hospitable and while I was there, my mother decided to come around, feed the cat and to wipe down the benches. The poor lens was shoved in a box with a heap of parts lost. It is still in parts in the box. That was eleven years ago. I sill can not bring myself to look at it.
