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Canon Lens Completely Disassembled (Result: A Lot of Rings)
Posted by John Herrman at 11:20 PM on October 6, 2008
Zoom lenses are by no means a rarity, but it's not often that someone chooses to sacrifice one to the internet. FredMiranda forum member sbv20 found himself with a useless Canon 17-85mm lens after the aperture became stuck, so he did what any good gadget freak would: he tore it apart. He documented the process with a fantastic series of photos which demonstrate that even the boring lenses found dangling from necks at any tourist destination are obscenely complicated.
To add a bit or strangeness to the whole thing, have a look at the picture taken with the lens before it gave up:
It's a ridiculously apropos snap of a dynamic art installation at the Arab-Islamic museum in Paris. The installation evidently passes outside light through a giant wall of adjustable apertures, which to a DSLR might look a little like some kind of bizarre out-of-body experience. [FredMiranda - Thanks, Sam!]
Comments (AU Comments · US Comments)
Adam
Posted October 8, 2008 2:26 AM
Seeing the image taken by the lens, it must've felt uncomfortable photographing so many apertures!! classic!
Balance_In_Life
Posted 12:53 AM 7/10/08
@strider_mt2k: Awesome.
Balance_In_Life
strider_mt2k
Posted 12:48 AM 7/10/08
@Avitor: My FATHER was a Service Droid!
strider_mt2k
strider_mt2k
Posted 12:46 AM 7/10/08
...within these rings was bound the strength and will to govern each lens.
-but they were all of them deceived...for another ring was made.
-a master ring, to control all others.
-and into this ring Canon poured it's cruelty, it's malice, and it's will to dominate all photography.
One ring to rule them all.
strider_mt2k
homerjay
Posted 12:31 AM 7/10/08
No disassemble!
homerjay
nightsky
Posted 12:30 AM 7/10/08
@Avitor: I always wondered why the hell R2 and 3PO were loosing random parts in the desert and still functioning?
nightsky
Avitor
Posted 12:27 AM 7/10/08
Look sir! Droids!
Avitor
Kaiser-Machead's LEGO WALL-E
Posted 1:10 AM 7/10/08
@Avitor: You three can kiss the lower part of the canister that is my body.
Kaiser-Machead's LEGO WALL-E
EricAlder
Posted 1:06 AM 7/10/08
Ring-a-ding-ding!
EricAlder
russdanger
Posted 1:04 AM 7/10/08
I don't know why, but looking at this makes me sad...kinda like seeing road-kill...
russdanger
scarbrtj
Posted 1:02 AM 7/10/08
@strider_mt2k:
... and in the darkness, bind them...
(... bind them to paying huge sums for very fast lenses for low-light shots...)
scarbrtj
discounteggroll
Posted 1:26 AM 7/10/08
makes my life of servicing macbooks & macbook pro's seem so...minuscule
discounteggroll
melloki76
Posted 1:21 AM 7/10/08
@homerjay: Wow, way to go on the short circuit reference!
melloki76
GTgeek
Posted 1:18 AM 7/10/08
This is pretty neat to see. I've had to disassemble appliances before for class; it's interesting to see how complex things can be that we take for granted. However, if I was going to sacrifice a zoom lens, I'd probably just make a coffee mug.
GTgeek
bpapa9013
Posted 1:15 AM 7/10/08
@russdanger: Meticulously dissected road-kill?
bpapa9013
vorstellung
Posted 1:56 AM 7/10/08
that's not just an art installation in that picture, that's an integral part of the building design itself:
[www.galinsky.com]
vorstellung
ejacobi
Posted 2:26 AM 7/10/08
You know... for kids!
ejacobi
CraziestGadgets.com
Posted 2:22 AM 7/10/08
that's pretty cool... the rings would probably make a nice piece of art if they were mounted on something.
CraziestGadgets.com
maztec
Posted 2:51 AM 7/10/08
You want a lot of rings? Try this:
[www.hartblei.com]
maztec
efenili
Posted 2:47 AM 7/10/08
lies, it still worked. He just saw that coffee mug on Giz and HAD to have one for himself
efenili
Supasam83
Posted 3:51 AM 7/10/08
@efenili:
I wanna 500 F4 coffee mug!
Supasam83
misterwho
Posted 4:04 AM 7/10/08
Canon's R&D Department:
Ted- "You know what this thing needs, Bob?"
Bob- "?"
Ted- "One more ring!!!"
Bob- "That's crazy, man. Think of what you're saying!"
Ted- "Mwuahuhuhaha...!"
misterwho
iomatic
Posted 4:30 AM 7/10/08
Meh, it's just the 17-85. Now if Fred had the cojones to disassemble the new Noctilux....
iomatic
ashamaniq
Posted 4:16 AM 7/10/08
Bet he's going to put it back together and sell it on ebay...
ashamaniq
SunandiniAnticlea
Posted 1:15 AM 7/10/08
That's not an art installation at the Arab-Islamic "museum". It's one of the building's windows. And it's not a museum, though they do have exhibitions, it's the Arab World Institute (Institut du Monde Arabe).
SunandiniAnticlea
Ben Jacob
Posted 11:24 PM 7/10/08
Please.. Don't be so cruel to a DSLR lens...
Ben Jacob