Forum: Photography

Subject: More Photo-geek Stuff... An Ebay Find.

ASalina opened this issue on Mar 10, 2002 ยท 4 posts

ASalina posted Sun, 10 March 2002 at 2:30 AM

My brother, pictured earlier, just bought this lens on Ebay. It's a Charles Beseler compound lens with a focal length of 18 inches (441 mm) and a diameter of 5 inches. The lens has three elements, the properties of which I haven't yet determined. It has a few scratches but mostly needs a good cleaning. We think it came out of a drive-in theater projector. Anyone got any creative ideas for it's use in photography? We're leaning toward a home-made telescope of sorts (I'm no stranger to telescope building).

PunkClown posted Sun, 10 March 2002 at 2:40 AM

Cool! No idea what to do with it...being a Star-gazer myself, I'd say "Build a 'Scope, Build a 'Scope!" Sounds like you know what to do... :-)>

JordyArt posted Sun, 10 March 2002 at 8:53 AM

erm....build a scope?! (",)

bsteph2069 posted Mon, 11 March 2002 at 2:22 PM

Yup, then point it across the street..... OK. Seriously, bird watching, burning ants, should be great for nature photography. right? Bsteph