DIY rig for Samyang 135 with DIY autofocus (Boštjan Zagradišnik)

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DIY rig for Samyang 135 with DIY autofocus

Samyang 135 support rings 3D modeled by me. Inspired by other astrophotographers who have the same lens and camera but because they didn't share the STL files I went and made the entire thing from scratch using SolidWorks. On the way I made some small prints to test the fit on the dovetail bar and if the clearance for the lens is enough. Fast forward a couple of days and ended with this masterpiece

. I'm quite bad as far as DIY goes but I'm proud of this project that took me 3 weeks to complete. As of now it's printed in PLA but I might reprint the entire thing in PETG for safety reasons.

I had this rig outside for +40 hours now in -8C and completely covered in frost and it performed perfectly so far. As soon as I spot delamination I will print it in PETG ASAP.

After using this lens so far I came to an conclusion that a one shot color camera might be better for RGB images than using a mono camera with filters. So far I only liked the LUM and Ha filter on this lens.

And I want to model a set of rings for a different lens in the future.

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