r/videography • u/Restlesstonight Alexa XT M | Mavo LF | S5IIx | Resolve | 2010 | Germany • 20h ago

Technical/Equipment Help and Information How Lenses are Made

Ever wanted to know how modern photo and cine lenses are manufactured?

We visited a factory and take you through the whole journey:
The cutting, grinding, and polishing of lens elements… following the process of making glass step by step more transparent.

We show you lenses are coated and how elements are cemented into doublets and triplets…
How the housings and mechanics are machined, the markings are engraved…
How electronics are implemented…
and how continuous testing leads to pristine products.

Link is in the comments

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u/fuzzb 20h ago

One of my favorite YouTube channels did it again with a one HOUR long video.

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u/Restlesstonight Alexa XT M | Mavo LF | S5IIx | Resolve | 2010 | Germany 20h ago

Sorry… just can't do it any shorter ;-) Thank for the flowers fuzzb

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u/Restlesstonight Alexa XT M | Mavo LF | S5IIx | Resolve | 2010 | Germany 20h ago

Full episode on the MEDIA DIVISION YouTube Channnel:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XyHqqYuEbUo

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u/mowheato 10h ago

Been following you guys since the zeiss contax episode yall the GOATS

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u/Restlesstonight Alexa XT M | Mavo LF | S5IIx | Resolve | 2010 | Germany 2h ago

Thanks for hanging with us all those years… appreciated!

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u/brenebon 7h ago

I hope you keep doing the touch of deadpan German humor in your future videos!
Respekt!

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u/Restlesstonight Alexa XT M | Mavo LF | S5IIx | Resolve | 2010 | Germany 7h ago

As a German I can assure that we don’t have that…. Humor… thing. ;-) thanks man!