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Lomokino Lens Upgrade. Part1

This is my attempt to upgrade Lomokino with a better lens.
For upgrade I chose a lens from Minolta Hi-Matic AF2-M
There are plenty of cheap cameras on ebay  to choose from. I've just looked for one with smallest lens.
The lens quality of Minolta is very good, so I expected better result from this modification. But, results of my upgrade are not very good. Here is the sample video :Projected image circle from Minolta lens does not cover entire frame.
The photos below show my upgrade process



 Lens on the lower right is from Minolta Hi-Matic AF2-M

 old plastic lenses are gouged out with hot knife and rotary tool








I used matte tape to adjust focus.

to be continued...

Comments

  1. Every experiment is useful, even if you do not get the results you expected. I hope you will keep working on this project and report back. Great detail and information here and I appreciate it. jack

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  2. Hmmm, I wonder if the lens was the right distance from the film plane....

    Please, give us more!

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