After buying an old lens from a charity shop I realised that there was no way it was going to fit onto my Canon DSLR. After a bit of thinking I decided to make a lens converter with a few old lens caps.
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Easy Lens Converter
Make a converter that allows you to connect a camera's lens to an incompatible camera.
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Steps
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Step #1:
- Right, the first step is getting your caps.
- You'll need the DSLR's body cap and the lens's rear cap (the one which is not used when the camera is connected).
- What you want to do is to place the caps on top of each other and hopefully they will fit. I was using a Canon body cap and a "K mount" lens cap and these fitted perfectly together.
- Next, head to the shop and start drilling.