• Industar-58-Y 75mm f/3.5
  • Lid from a metallic can

DIY Tilt&Shift lens, aka Lensbaby clone

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I finally found a suitable lens for the diy tilt&shift lens project and built this today. The lens is an old Industar-58-Y 75mm f/3.5 englargement lens for 6x6 format and it is made in CCCP. The aperture is changed by turning the lens hood and there are apertures from 3.5 to 16.

The rubber thing is a cover meant for suspension and it is quite sturdy. I cut a suitable piece from it (I only used less than a half of it so the other part is maybe for another lens someday) and attached the lens to it with a big zip tie. I had one lens bayonet lying around so I glued it to the metallic can lid which I then stuffed inside the rubber bellow and added some glue to hold it in place. The lens cap in the third photo is from the other end of the rubber bellow and it happened to fit on the lens nicely.

Hopefully I'll get to test it better tomorrow. I quickly tested it and it seems to work quite nicely. As there is that plate in the lens it is easy to grab it with the finger tips and adjust the focus, just like with Lensbaby. Total cost for the project was around 10€ (the rubber bellow cost 8€ and the lens came with a bunch of other enlargement lenses so it is hard to say the price for it and the other stuff I already had)

Photos taken with this lens:
AK04860
AK04848
AK04843
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AK04811

Comments and faves

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    paradefotos, Stephen Norman, loaded gun, *_Abhi_*, and 81 other people added this photo to their favorites.

  2. Yumi Abe (51 months ago | reply)

    cool stuff! i bet its exciting building this stuff yourself.

  3. ˙Cаvin 〄 (51 months ago | reply)

    Nice!!!

  4. KF 红相机 (51 months ago | reply)

    genius. wanted to try this for a while now. but somehow i just can't find the right pieces :( only enlargement lenses i can find are on ebay and they are always pricey. might as well get a lensbaby for that kinda money!

  5. azurexeruza (50 months ago | reply)

    Very Nice! I've been wanting to start playing with DIY lenses for a while...guess I should get on the eh? Great post

  6. bubbleooooo2004 (50 months ago | reply)

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  7. ronyjux (49 months ago | reply)

    thanks for sharing, m8!

  8. marcopesavento (48 months ago | reply)


    Please add your photo to the My Photo Gear of Flickr!

  9. udijw (48 months ago | reply)

    What a great project. This is far better then the photoshopped version of playmobile.
    Thanks for sharing.

  10. whatisname (45 months ago | reply)

    :-/ cant find the right lens for this project... looks hella cool though!

  11. Jav-on (37 months ago | reply)

    Cool, I have to try it!

  12. Emaad (36 months ago | reply)

    This is excellent stuff.....Lensbaby is not a quality product in terms of picture quality. But you have made a quality product with a good lens.

  13. Africa Dave (32 months ago | reply)

    Hi, I'm an admin for a group called What's Your Technique?, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

    Fantastic job, thanks for sharing!!!

  14. chris2028 (13 months ago | reply)

    Have u tried to put it on D700 / FF machine?
    I would like to know the result ~!

  15. mzljbijitydtbe (5 months ago | reply)

    很漂亮

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