Wednesday, August 11, 2010

The insides of a canon EFS 18-55 lens


the 18-55
Originally uploaded by DraconianRain
And how it looks from inside. Its my flickr friend - Deepak Kul's lens. It's motor broke down, so the camera repair guy tried to salvage the lens. He removed the motor so it could be used as a macro lens, once reversed. All that needed to be done was to change the aperture manually to a smaller one instead of the large default.
So I opened the lens, and saw how it was from inside, changed it's aperture manually and put it all back together and clicked some!
Ah... Fun!

4 comments:

  1. I also like the nail polish colour!

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  2. Oh! Finally someone noticed! :D

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  3. :) Interesting! I have opened three or four till now...

    :( The Nikon 70-300 is where i lost my way backward and its the most expensive paperweight i use now!

    Anyways, you do some interesting stuff! Good luck and Have fun!

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  4. Why don't you use the glass in it to make a new lens? Maybe a prime? or a macro. Try to use it as something more than a paperweight!

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