[Leica] Lens making and Gaugain colors

[rangefinder at screengang.com (Didier Ludwig)]

Leica making plastic lenses for Kiev? Strange idea.

But of course you can make a lens yourself. Take the inner tube of a toilet 
paper roll and tape a loupe on it, like this crazy swiss dude here:
http://www.bonavolta.ch/hobby/en/photo/lens.htm

Such a lens is definitely rivaling a Noctilux and you will never need a 
soft-focus filter again:
http://www.bonavolta.ch/hobby/images/photo/various/img0459.jpg

In Solms, they do it the same way, they just paint it black and all the 
rest about quality and craftsmanship is just marketing. So why loosing time 
and money with Leicas? Just add a cigarette paper box to your toilet roll 
lens, put a film plate in it and there we go!
;-)
Didier


>Last night I was watching BBC Learning and I found that my old summicron 
>on Leicaflex was producing Gaugain colors.
>Now I sold my leica and it is impossible to buy a new one .
>I thinked life could be easier if there were disposable leicas or cheap 
>plastic leica lenses or leica lenses for kiev or bigger format.
>I have telescope mirror making background and this made me think new ideas
>Is it possible to produce a lens at home lab ? Is there people and their 
>alt groups or forums which making their own camera lenses ? Is it possible 
>to imitate a leitz lens with plastic ?
>Is there any cheap leica imitation lenses especially sum.... class ?
>Best ,
>
>Mustafa Umut Sarac