Hi Folks,

Thanks for all who responded.

I think I'll look into the PVC pipes as a cheap alternative to the focus 
mount.  I like the idea of using old slr lenses but I need 3-5 identical 
mounts...  Here's why:

In the last few months I 'designed' a new camera that uses 3-5 lenses on 
one piece of film that will shoot multiple points of perspective.  The 
body of the camera will be made out of strips of plastic (plexi?) that 
will make the whole thing flexible.  On to this body, I'll mount 3-5 
Holga lenses (and some shutter/focusing mechanism).  So when the body of 
this camera is 'flexed', the lenses will either point outwards in 
different direction, creating panoramic shot or point inwards to shoot 
the same subject but in different perspective.  The lenses will be placed 
close enough to overlap and create one continuous image...  

My main worry when I was thinking about this project was to find 3-5 
identical lenses.  I wanted to shoot 120, so I can just contact print the 
images, but means $$$ for medium format lenses.  I looked towards using 
the Holgas, not only being cheap but for the dreamy images that I think 
will go well with the project.  I found a source of Holga lenses 
<http://www.holgamods.com/>, so I was looking for sources for focus 
mounts.

Anyway, this will be one of my photo projects for this year.

Cheers,
Dai.

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Daisuke Nakabayashi
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http://www.justdai.com
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