Modified Raynox Lense

[Blink 1]

A friend of mine sent me this modification for Raynox HD lense. He was trying to get something similar to the Baby Death. Just thought I'd share:

1)Taking off the ring
The front (top) ring DOES come off. After and hour and a half of trying to get it off, I manged to. The trick is to place it right under a work light or a heater (anything VERY hot) and let it sit for a while. That way the metal will expand. The lamp won't produce ultra-violet so dont be worried about the lens getting damaged. Once the lens is REALLY hot, use something to protect your hands (i recommend gloves) and twist the ring off. (Left Loosy|Righty Tighty)

2) Taking out the glass
After the ring is off, heat the lens up again. This will let the second set of metal expand so you can take the glass out easily. Once the lens is heated, hold it upside-down over something soft (such as a bed) and tap the plastic so that the glass falls out. (if it doesnt come out that way, take a screw-driver and just tap on the plastic and it should fall out.

3) Taking out the Macro
Now, all that's left is the plastic that holds the lens and the macro at the bottom. Take something, such as a knee hammer or a screwdriver butt, (the plastic end that you hold) and hit it a couple times from the bottom and it should just pop out.

4) Putting it back together
Now, put the glass back inside and put the screw the ring back on (not as tight as it was before, just incase you need to get it off again) and you're good to go!! *NOTE* If you don't want a lot of vignetting, I suggest you leave the ring off. But leaving it off may cause the lens conver to not fit properly.

*NOTE* There may be a lot of vignetting, so just zoom in a little when you're filming. It works GREAT with the GS500.

He told me he did thing with the 3030/3032. I am curious if it would be less of a fish eye with the 5050, or if the only difference between the lenses is the macro lense.

[freefalle 0]

I'm sorry, I am behind on some of my reading. Whats the reason for doing this? does it make the lens work better? Thanks

Chuck

[Blink 1]

It is used to widen the view.

[freefalle 0]

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It is used to widen the view.

ah ok cool.

[DSE 5]

It can easily mis-time the color, too...but with the added distortion/width, most folks probably don't care much one way or the other. Results will vary from camera to camera, depending on the camera's original width prior to a wide adapter being mounted.
Fun to play with, yeah?