ŁZK Lucar 50 mm 1:1.6 [projector lens]

Finally, my camera is back! It was over a month, but it was worth waiting. I got some new customized gear that I'll soon share with you.
Also, I recently got access to a 3D printer. Nothing really fancy, just a dual-head RepRap-alike, but a great opportunity to design custom lens mounts and unusual adapters. Definitely a good shot for me! :)

My first project was to adapt an old ŁZK Lucar 50 mm 1:1.6 lens to Lumix G2 body. I got it quite a few years ago for free from disposed 16 mm projector and since there I was wondering if that's even useful for photography or filmmaking. After taking some freelensing footage it turned out it covers Micro Four Thirds sensor perfectly, so there's an option to adapt it. The best idea was to make an adapter :)

ŁZK Lucar 50 mm 1:1.6 and 3D-printed adapter for Micro Four Thirds (MFT) camera

At first I must say I got a great help from nhfoley on mu-43.com forum. I used a D-mount to M4/3 adapter, which you can find on Thingiverse for my MFT flange. Thank you very much!

The rest was a piece of cake: take some measures, design a model, make few mistakes, print it and finally spend an hour sanding the inside, because the printer wasn't set up properly :)

ŁZK Lucar 50 mm 1:1.6 with 3D-printed adapter for Micro Four Thirds camera.

Ł.Z.K. Polkinar 120 mm 1:1.8 [Polish cinema projector lens]

Yesterday I got my hands on an interesting Polish lens Ł.Z.K. Polkinar 120 mm 1:1.8 and I just couldn't wait to test it!

The lens was designed to work with AP cinema projector for 35 mm film, which was manufactured in the '50s by Łódzkie Zakłady Kinotechniczne. As far as I know from Uncle Google, it's a common Petzval lens. Nevertheless, the focal length and maximum aperture are truly interesting. You have to admit that!

So first of all, it's a really huge lens. Here you can see it compared to a 4/3 Olympus Zuiko Digital 12-60 mm 1:2.8-4.0. 

 

Ł.Z.K. Polkinar 120/1.8 compared to Olympus ZD 12-60/2.8-4.0