View Full Version : DIY Achromat tutorial made from binocular


Daniel Schaumberger
November 16th, 2006, 02:26 PM
Hi guys,
after so many people had read my wax-gg tutorial I promised I will post some new tuts here.

Maybe someone needs a cheap achromatic diopter to save some cash for his first 35mm adapter. Then have a look here:

Very easy to build in 2 steps!
http://www.jetsetmodels.info/pics/achromat_tutorial.pdf

Daniel

David Delaney
November 16th, 2006, 04:49 PM
you are awesome! great job...
Do you know of a tubing that will keep the achromat together?

Chris Knight
November 16th, 2006, 05:42 PM
Has anyone considered using half of a set of binoculars to flip their image for their adapter? I don't know if it's possible. It was just a thought...

Mike Dulay
March 19th, 2007, 02:43 PM
Are all binocular front lenses achromat? And do I understand correctly that distance between macro/acromat to gg and camcorder lens does not matter?

Bob Hart
March 19th, 2007, 07:21 PM
Chris.

Economically priced binoculars with porroprisms are generally too small to pass a movie-frame sized image without bits and pieces of the optical path getting in the way of the image.