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Do-It-Yourself Macro lens

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The latest The Citizen Scientist has a good how to for making a DIY macro lens for a Casio EX-Z120 - "To assemble a macro lens for your camera, you need the cap of a film container like the one shown in Fig. 1. Use a knife to cut away the center of the cap as shown in Fig. 2. Attach a biconvex lens with a diameter of about 27 mm to the cap as shown in Fig. 3. The lens should be secured with glue. The lens I used came from an old binocular. Finally, mount the lens onto the end of the camera lens as shown in the final frame adjacent to Fig. 3." - Link.

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Posted by: Chris on January 5, 2008 at 11:03 AM

That's pretty cool, check out my DIY macro Lens

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/1016400/diy_macro_lens_made_from_binoculars/

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Posted by: Chris on January 5, 2008 at 11:05 AM

That's pretty cool. Check out my DIY macro lens

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