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How about drinking a Canoncino, Takumar Sunrise, or just a Zeiss cold beer?
I'm sure you have all seen the photoshopped picture of the Zoom Lens Coffee Mug. I thought it was a ridiculous idea but deep inside I wanted one. How hard could it be to take the optical glass out of an old lens and put in a drinking glass. As it turned out, not that hard at all!
Now you can make your own. But don't stop at something that looks like a zoom lens, make one out of a real zoom lens that still zooms, focuses, and changes aperture. In fact, with the lens cap on, no one would ever know!
Seriously, please let me know what you think, ask questions, post pics of your own conversions, and if you like it, rate it!
I'm sure you have all seen the photoshopped picture of the Zoom Lens Coffee Mug. I thought it was a ridiculous idea but deep inside I wanted one. How hard could it be to take the optical glass out of an old lens and put in a drinking glass. As it turned out, not that hard at all!
Now you can make your own. But don't stop at something that looks like a zoom lens, make one out of a real zoom lens that still zooms, focuses, and changes aperture. In fact, with the lens cap on, no one would ever know!
Seriously, please let me know what you think, ask questions, post pics of your own conversions, and if you like it, rate it!
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How many times have you been searching on E-bay or at the local thrift store and found an old zoom lens that was going for a couple of dollars because it had scratched, cloudy, or fungus-ridden optics? Now you know what to do with it.
Bigger is definitely better in lens cups, so a big long zoom or telephoto, especially one with a large front lens will make a generous coffee cup or cocktail glass, but you could make shot glasses out of 50mm lenses (if you can find a shot glass that will fit).
The one I found was around NZ$5 and was a Star-D brand 80-205mm f 3.8 lens. I wanted a bigger one but I didn't want to spend too much before I knew whether it was going to work or not.
I also like the old 1-touch zooms (same grip zooms and focuses) so it seemed like a perfect "doner" lens.
Bigger is definitely better in lens cups, so a big long zoom or telephoto, especially one with a large front lens will make a generous coffee cup or cocktail glass, but you could make shot glasses out of 50mm lenses (if you can find a shot glass that will fit).
The one I found was around NZ$5 and was a Star-D brand 80-205mm f 3.8 lens. I wanted a bigger one but I didn't want to spend too much before I knew whether it was going to work or not.
I also like the old 1-touch zooms (same grip zooms and focuses) so it seemed like a perfect "doner" lens.
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Specially when compared to the store-bought zoom lens mugs, which are often poor quality (yes that is a real thing and you can look it up)
I bet you can do some interesting stuff with the optics and assorted parts you extracted from the lens, too.
1) unscrew rings holding the glass elements at the end. Old school lenses can usually be unscrewed and newer lenses may have rings glued on. They have to be removed first,
2) Remove small screws at the base or on the side of the lens.
3) Remove screws under the rubber grip.
Hope this helps
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I'm visioning a completely tricked out travel mug.
I just bought two second hand lenses off trademe, so if they turn out to be crap hello new mug!
Post pics when you do your mug!
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This is a winner. 5*