Adapting Non-Photographic Lenses - Demo #1 The Leica 90mm f/2.5 "Colorplan" Lens
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- Watch as we show you our custom, step-by-step process for adapting (aka Frankensteining) the famous Leica/Leitz 90mm f/2.5 Colorplan projector lens.
The German Colorplan lens is a popular lens to adapt to modern digital cameras. It's known for its' central sharpness, bold contrast, and the rich/luscious colors it produces straight out of camera!
Here's a link to over 500 incredible images taken with adapted Colorplan projector lenses - www.flickr.com/groups/2777081...
Excellent video-thank you very much! Managed to snag the lens mount and lens together for only $36. Was able to buy the adapters on Amazon and carefully hot glue the two together.
Glad it helped!
Thank you sir for a wonderful demo. I learnt something new and interesting today 😊
Just bought a Leitz colorplan 90mm today. I didn't know if it was a good buy... now I've only seen TH-cam videos. And for the price of 7.50 euros it doesn't seem like a bad bet. I almost threw the projector away. because I don't think I need it anymore, but I'll take out the thing where the lens rotates... Thanks a lot for the info
Sold me, just purchased a colorplan - thank you for sharing your passion and knowledge.
The bokeh is really nice because it does not distort the background as many other lenses do. This makes it very usable. Thank you for the video!
Great video mate, cheers from QLD Australia!
Nice bunch of videos on lens adapting. I wonder if the draw (flange distance) changes something for the adapting.
Mirrorless cameras brands hawe their own distance but also different adapters, from normal to slim.
I have several lenses, including some colorplan ones but I use helicoid for focusing and it's not going very well with Sony.
I'm thinking about cutting the last part of the lenses, like you did with the Diaplan, to better manage focusing.
The same goes for the 200mm Leitz Wetzelar, if I put only a space and the adapter, I don't have a good focusing even with its original tube.
Something doesn't add up to me...
thanks, great vlog, best regards from Poland
Great video! 🎉 Do you know the model name(s) of the old style projectors? Here in Sweden we have a lot of Leitz prado 150 projectors that look slightly similar to the one in your video but I have so far never seen the lens on those.
I recently purchased the front of an old Prado 500 off of eBay and it features the lens mount that screws off as shown in the video. I am not personally familiar with the 150 models, but the front looks similar based on photos I am seeing.
No, sorry
does anyone know the image circle for a colorplan or super-colorplan lens? I'm wondering if these can be adapted for use in medium format projectors. I have a 6x6 liesegang fantax 600a projector I'd like to upgrade the lens to.
Very inspiring series of videos! I have one question about the Colorplan: when you disassemble it, how do you go about cleaning the lens elements?
I got a slightly hazy specimen (might be fungus) but I am worried about damaging the coating. Did you ever try hydrogen peroxide on Colorplans?
I previously had a *mint* newer-version Colorplan but I managed to destroy its coating by what I believe were superglue fumes (PSA...don't make my mistake), so I am quite traumatized already !
I too have had vapors from drying glue (e.g. Super Glue) condense on lenses' optical elements. That's why when I do use such glues near optical glass I have a small fan on it while drying. Also, every 12 hours or so I will clean the optical elements of any "glue haze" that might have condensed on them. I find if you can remove the "glue haze" soon it's not so difficult, however, if you leave it sit for a few weeks/months it can be nearly impossilbe to remove.
As for cleaning the glass elements of your Colorplan lens, what I do is use progressively stronger solvents until I get the job done. I go from: eye glasses clearner to sensor cleaning solution to 99% isopropyl alcohol to 3% hydrogen peroxide to acetone to "Zippo" lighter fluid. If that does not work then I just toss the lens in the garbage!
@@AffordablePhotography Interesting, I think in my case the glue actually reacted with the coating (I had black spots in the coating) but maybe something else caused this. Anyhow, I was able to remove the coating entirely for even performance and the lens is still usable :)
Thank you, I will follow your cleaning advice (once I gather the courage to proceed 😅) !
Hello there. I have a quick question about adapting lenses. It is a little of topic but would appreciate any suggestions. I am looking to buy an EF lens. but the Sony E version of the same one cost 200 dollars less. The only difference between them is that the Sony one has that barrel on the end, it is not a native Sony lens (Laowa 100mm f2.8) So would I be able to somehow remove that barrel piece and put a canon EF mount on the lens?
No.....
Is the Portugal model inferior? i have found a very cheap one close to me. Also does the Front element have an internal thread? im guessing not. I would like top use one of these with an iscorama 54. i need to mount the colorplan at infinity and then use the iscorama to acheive focus.
I have owned 7 of the German versions, but have no experience using the Portugal version. I do know one photographer who does like the Portugal version. If you do try it, please post a comment here on what you think of it. Regards...
@@AffordablePhotography Thanks for the reply. I have since found a German one, exactly the same as yours, so it seems, but with no focus mechanicm. but as i said before, i jsut need to hit infinity and lock it off. I will come back and update once its all assembled. Thanks again.