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Posted by Josh Jones (Member # 447) on 04-09-2001, 10:38 PM:
I was cleaning out one of these devils tonight and ran across a problem. When I tried to reassemble them, I forgot how they went together, depite the diagram I drew.
Also, can you focus these lenses down to about 15 or 20 feet?thanks to all,
Josh
Posted by Robert Throop (Member # 61) on 04-11-2001, 11:24 AM:
Josh,
I might be mistaken but I believe those Hilux anamorphs were ordered from the factory for a specific throw. I seem to remember a distance being scribed on the front lens.------------------
Bob Throop
Posted by Gordon McLeod (Member # 33) on 04-11-2001, 12:45 PM:
Which Hilux do you have they made 3 versions for 35mm
THey had a gigantic one that was variable that was about 6" diameter that coupled to 4" lens
They had the standard Hilux Val that coupled to normal lens
And they had the Hilux264 fix squeeze that was usually pink coloured
THe front element was scribed with the focus range of the lens (usually about +-10 feet)
Posted by Paul G. Thompson (Member # 655) on 04-11-2001, 02:46 PM:
Josh, maybe you can send a picture of that lense to Gordon. The lense picture you sent me looks like the standard Hilux. The ones I had were the gigantic ones. I think I already gave them away, but if not and I find them, I'll give them to you to play with.
The pink one Gordon talks about is the style I scanned a picture of and sent to you.
Grumpy
Posted by Robert Throop (Member # 61) on 04-11-2001, 08:09 PM:
The Hilux Val was the giant black job that was variable from 0-3x. We used them in a drive in in Utica leaving them in place for both flat and scope. The 152 was a smaller gray unit that was variable from 1.5-2x.
Get it? ------------------
Bob Throop
Posted by Josh Jones (Member # 447) on 04-12-2001, 01:44 AM:
here's what mine look like 
Josh
Posted by Stefan Scholz (Member # 147) on 04-12-2001, 02:41 AM:
I remember, some people saying, those are NOLUX devices. The art of how all the light stays within the lens, and nothing comes out of them. I liked the art of making theese large quality prisms, and to a certain extent the "Nolux" with large and thick glass structures is true, but theoriticly prismatic squeeze is superior to cylindrical lens types, at least when theese were manufactured.
I still have the pink types somewhere, and I liked them. The lens in front must be a convex lens with the desired projection distance as focal length, as the prismatic trick works only in indefinite distasnce. They do look like ordinary protective glasses
but are lenses, actually. The focal length is engraved in the front glass. Most of them were specific to the theatres of the 1950's, so a minimum of 60 - 80 ft generally applies.
To get closer, you could actually use 2 lenses infront of the prisms.
Posted by Aaron Sisemore (Member # 145) on 04-12-2001, 12:45 PM:
Josh: We have one of those sitting in the company office as an antique paperweight. Like I had mentioned before they were better suited to auditoria with looooong throws. Aaron
Posted by Gordon McLeod (Member # 33) on 04-12-2001, 01:44 PM:
I used to have a pair of the 264's with correction front elements for 10' from an old screening room