Rehousing Vintage Lenses – The journey to cine lens masterpieces with G.L Optics – Epic Episode #19

This episode it is all about rehousing – we are taking you along on the journey to “rehouse” our Canon FD Dreamset. We are going to take the mystery out of that process and give you super valuable tips and tricks, about judging , treating, cleaning, and working with vintage lenses.

We flew to China to show you – step by step – what happens in a rehousing process… and there is so much to learn here. We are going to give you a crash course in evaluating vintage lenses, and follow the rehousing process itself. We show you the disassembly, cleaning, machining, assembly, measuring, marking, engraving, painting and testing of our Canon FD set,
including a brand new super speed focal length.
We also had the chance to compare our FDs with a real K35 set, to do a bit of myth busting.

Get some popcorn, strap in… and lets head out to G.L Optics in China!

Terms and pricing for G.L optics rehousing:

Price for rehousing is 4.000 USD per lens – with a floating element, the pice is 5.000 USD per lens.
Delivery time is 2–4 months. G.L optics requires a 30% down payment before production starts. Rush orders & individual designs are possible. G.L Optics can source donor lenses for their customers and pre configured sets are available on https://cinemaglass.com/

For inquiries about your cinema lens rehousing and consulting please contact:

G.L Optics West – Americas/Europe/UK/Australia – USA/Los Angeles (PST) office times
https://cinemaglass.com/
Contact: Avi Cohen
phone +1 (424) 274-1290
info@cinemaglass.com

G.L Optics East– China/India/Russia – China/Chengdu office times
http://www.glcinemod.com
Contact: Nan Guo
gl@glcinemod.com

G.L Optics on Instagram
www.instagram.com/GL_Optics

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Jonathan Fambrough
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Chuhang Ma
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Part I - Reasons & Choices

00:00 - Intro & Contents
02:27 - Why Rehousing
04:56 - Cost of Rehousing
06:31 - Suitable for Rehousing
10:27 - Who does Rehousing

Part II - The Process

12:38 - The Rehousing journey
15:27 - Exploring G.L Optics
20:44 - Evaluating Lenses
21:59 - Crash Course judging lenses
27:52 - On the Lens Projector
29:36 - Disassembly & Cleaning
32:12 - Machining the Parts
36:45 - Assembly & Measuring
44:41 - Laser Engraving
46:13 - Painting
48:09 - Second Assembly

Part III - The Result

50:16 - Testing & Quality Control
51:53 - Canon K35 to Rehoused FD Side by side
54:30 - Consultation & Contact
55:29 - Thank You
57:57 - Member Shoutout

54:00 - Thank you Partners & Members