Making a $100 Adapter from Scrap

A custom made focal reducer adapter from a magnifying glass, wood, and some spare parts.
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24.07.26 - 24.07.30
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*Made for the sake of making.
Evan Monsma

[@TheMurderousStan]

Grinding your iphone is exactly the type of jank shjt I respect

[@dannylopez1708]

I've never seen a man more after my own heart. Cameras, diy woodworking, paint markers, function over form. Your really remind me of some kind of Adam Savage from the videography dimension.

[@KevinSiebert]

I love the Petzval curvature that you got from using the magnifying glass. Lenses with that dreamy blurred edges from the curved focal plane look really interesting with a subject in the center

[@jesparagus]

hell yeah. always thought this was possible but i could never figure it out during physics class lmao

[@lazerlord_lance]

I love how you combine different fields of interest (in this case photo-/cinematography and making stuff) to produce these very interesting and unique videos. It's a whole vibe and a fun watch, even for someone like me who's got little to no knowledge on cameras and lenses. Do you plan on making videos about your musicking as well? I'd find that very interesting because I myself make music in my one room flat and I always love to see what quirky little hacks people come up with to make everything work for them.

[@EvanMonsma]

Definitely a music production vid coming! Thanks man

[@southerndime333]

Im not a photoguy, but man the results speak for themselves, love the jank, the vibe and the chill video, thanks guymandude

[@EposVox]

This is WILD, I love the dreamy look tbh

[@Broken_Orbital]

this would make for a beautiful dream sequence, that focus roll off is neato

[@nandorszabo2354]

Hell yeah, another wacky camera mod. I love the dreamy/ tired feel it gives off, kind of like rubbing your eye and then trying to focus on something. It's very useful to see your photography skills in action with all these different lenses and cameras, it helps me better my understanding of composition and setting, so thanks a lot for these! Keep tinkering my man.

[@reallyanti]

tbh I really appreciate the slope and the two lines around the circumference. Little details but they're cool

[@T4TRaven]

Was going to sleep, but this is more pressing

[@firstletterofthealphabet7308]

this is so me

[@filmcat_youtube]

This is awesome. That 24-105 with that speed booster looks so fun.

[@nikytamayo]

That's honestly an intriguing bit of kit. Nice way to possibly get vintage lenses on an M43 mount!

[@lakebeverly6294]

I came across your channel late this winter and have enjoyed watching and listening to you take on your projects. I am a maker of things as well but mainly run a small leather goods company with my wife out of our basement workshop. Thanks for the jolts of inspiration you provide with your uploads.

[@LuisMercadoorg]

The adapter itself looks fantastic as always. And the images it produces look soft and dreamy, and pleasingly vintage. Great job once again.

[@functional_films]

Love the look it creates, awesome work.

[@alexbuckland435]

I moved out of that city a couple years ago, so super nostalgic seeing it, and even more so with that lense. Super sick project, and glad you got to keep your fingies!

[@IanLetarte]

Yooo this is such a sick build! I always thought lens design needed to be all sciencey and stuff.

[@Jawmsie]

That's a fully rad project, man. Beautiful work!

[@MindfulGrinds]

Wholly crap man. I can’t wait to see a new wooden camera body come out of your shop. Fantastic. I love the look you get out of this. I have never considered the design of this an really appreciate this video!

[@sufferingincorporatedtm1781]

absolutely gorgeous, dude - the shots and the thing itself

[@matthewsullivan5713]

Tilt Shift! Awesome

[@JamesGWall]

Genuinely impressed it worked at all. Good stuff.

[@EvanMonsma]

Me too lol

[@BarneyCodes]

This is such a sick project, it came out looking so good!

[@andz]

Those shots look so cool!!

[@carolinau7048]

What astonishing footages! Greetings from Brazil

[@jacqueshervieux5112]

I just love your creativity . Nice work, I will give it a try , it's the kind of results I like in photography.

[@Thelobbyingdetective]

The adapter itself looks sick, and the footage with it is so dreamy. My favorite bit was the belt sander though as a non camera nerd

[@tmpvoid]

I think I first found your channel by way of one of the lens-/camera-related videos. I really enjoyed this one, both the build and the technical detail! I've also played around with the idea of making some sort of adapter myself, so it was great to see it done, especially with so few tools!

[@Firefox-sn2ys]

9:55 man that new headlight looks sick

[@EasyMac308]

Man I love this stuff. Great video.

[@ahmadhasan3258]

What a nice surprise to get while at work! Keep it going Evan, loving the content and the storytelling!

[@samibello9022]

Great Video!

[@tomascamacho.mp4]

oh so beautiful... loved the blured and the almost too bright quality video, so cool, gives that dreamy effect, this video made me wanna search for tiny lenses and blured fucked up cameras to make this type of videos. keep going with the great work, love from portugal

[@lomeas]

looks sharp!

[@saitejageddada3109]

The blurry video at the end is exactly how it looks if i don't wear my glasses. Quite an itchy feeling, almost cried

[@FleurvanhH.9954]

As a working DP, this was awesome to see. Well done man!

[@TMxtt]

This is awesome work dude. Speedboosters normally cost more than many of the budget f1.8 lens on M43, making their purchase pointless, however it'd be cool if there were more affordable dumb versions out there in order to mount now fairly affordable EF L glass. Tho the difficulty with changing apertures is a real sticking point.

[@dotsinframe5187]

Wow! An amazing experiment and was fun to watch.

[@LewisCarlyle]

See if you can snag an old school lens with a manual F-Ring. That would quickly solve your F-Stop problem so you can stop down on the fly... Really cool project. Keep up the good work.

[@FishyBoi1337]

11:48 a bobcat on a jobsite and (possibly) not broken down??? That's the craziest thing I've seen all week!

[@pcbwayluz]

dude this is awesome!

[@no1a.1]

sick idea, i wanna make one now.

[@smallMarsh]

so excited the goats back

[@perplxxd]

youre very quickly becoming one of my favorite youtubers. keep the banger videos coming, man!

[@deltacx1059]

Dang the field curvature is insane.

[@maaggnus]

Yeah new video

[@davinjacobs]

the angle on the sander was a great idea

[@rockyBalboa6699]

Awesome video Mate!!

[@Alex-wd4zg]

Awesome man just found your channel and love the content

[@ugielka]

optics is the last thing id try to diy. props

[@zedogaming6204]

Car pics would go hard like this

[@lachlanlau]

11:57 that’s why I love nikon F mount, get AI, AF or AF-D lenses to have compatibility with mirrorless (Via a passive adapter, Nikon DSLR and Film SLRs!

[@zulfahmi633]

No particular reason, just cause i can now. Yeah that's the spirit we want brother! Well done bro

[@Atrick335]

about 50 minutes late, but thats how it be sometimes lol :) love ya evan!

[@EvanMonsma]

Spent a good hour fixing a mystery beep in the audio export lol

[@VietinghoffAlex]

So cool! I've been wondering if it's possible to make a DIY speedbooster that mounts inside the camera rather than an adapter. Like the Magic Booster for Blackmagic cameras by Lucadapters, but I'm thinking for EF-mount cinema cameras instead.

[@TerriblyRacing]

First video watched, liked and subscribed. Really enjoyable watch

[@AlexanderSomma]

You should make one for classic m42 glass. You can find amazing glass.

[@Sisadmin3118]

Wow! Thanks for the cool experiment! I had some thoughts about making speedbooster to adapt mf/lf lenses to ff camera. Now im sure this is possible)

[@kenntonmoran]

Wake up babe, Evan Monsma uploaded a video

[@kathrynmonsma]

Ooooo that's pretty

[@springinspiring]

Once you got everthing meatured done maybe you can use this as a reference and 3d print it

[@ahmadhasan3258]

I can't believe that you have done that to your phone with the belt sander!

[@BluesBoyJonny]

Amazingly cool project. You mention you had no lens stabilization, but the doesn't the A6600 have in-body stabilization?

[@EvanMonsma]

It does, just weaker at the long end with no lens stabilization. Its manageable though

[@gicknardner]

Vintage lenses are great for dumb adapters. Not only for aperture control but also because the lens was built to be used manually so in theory should be a little better manual handling. I've got a bunch of random simple lenses sitting around. From a cardboard VR headset and from a small telescope that I'd like to build a housing to adapt to my camera because why not?

[@KAIQUEMENDES1]

dude that's amazing, ccan you publish the measurements so we can 3D print these?

[@EvanMonsma]

There will definitely be a follow-up with 3d printing later

[@VibinBryan]

got that dang ol dream sequence lense

[@cdigames]

A 10º slope you say? Frank Lloyd Wright would have loved that.

[@mr_eznov]

5:16 Your sound library is still being used.

[@WiihawkPL]

i want to make this now

[@Jon-Gardner]

Dreamy and creamy ❤

[@priticolours]

do you think it'd be possible to do the opposite and magnify c or d mounts to full frame??

[@charlietighe]

Alt Title: "How I accidentally created a tilt-shift lens" 👏

[@juna61]

How much dust ended up inside your sony? You just go for it and don't give af, love it. :D

[@deberle13]

Evan do you play Magic The Gathering? Noticed the box on your desk!

[@scoruluce]

❤

[@MegaSchoolman]

I wonder if you could replace the brushes in the router 🤔

[@jaockb1541]

smells like van neistat but more fresh

[@AgainstThisWorld]

can You make and E-APS-C mount to RF mount? It does not exist as far as I know

[@mattqua5312]

Hey man, how much to build me one for my GFX for Hasselblad lenses ? This is so good

[@mikeyKnows_]

video idea, take your router apart and make it into a router table.

[@festivisionstudios8789]

How much to make me one ?

[@josagustin]

Dust flying everywhere while sensor was partially expossed 😢

[@quikoucat]

🤘🤘

[@TriCoreDigital]

Very cool but, dude, you need a 3d printer! LOL

[@KentHeckel]

Nobody like you Evan!

[@Sergey-Primak]

2:30 - очень страшный момент, как будто напильником в камеру

[@vmoldo-com]

if i would not be a broke photographer i would say that im willing to pay for the nikon version of this. also do a small written blogpost on this topic and send it to petapixel and diyphotography they will gladly repost it so your video gets some more eyes