Hey everyone,

I'm currently doing a top secret personal project (no money, all fun) in MoI 3D and I'm trying to find blueprints and cutouts of lenses (photographic, not video cameras) like Zeiss, Leica, Canon, Nikon etc... It can be old or new lenses, I'm also looking for details about the glass itself used in lenses (side cut).

I'm also looking for blueprints of cameras (Rolleicord, Rolleiflex, old leicas)

Any kind of help is greatly appreciated :)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photographic_lens_design
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Large_format_lens
http://www.opticalres.com/gentle_introduction.html
http://web.riverdeep.net/portal/page?_pageid=818,1382970,818_1382995&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL
http://www.canon.com/camera-museum/tech/l_plant/main.html

hi DD

there is some nice info in those links..but you really have to dig quite a bit.not just lenses..collector items, some ancient japanese manuals..german/english/italian..

http://www.taunusreiter.de/Cameras/index.html
http://www.taunusreiter.de/Cameras/Nikkor_NonAI_Objektive.html
http://www.taunusreiter.de/Cameras/Biotar.html

http://whitemetal.com/pentax/index.htm
http://whitemetal.com/pentax/index_pentax_lenses_short_telephoto.htm
http://whitemetal.com/pentax/st_85_19/index.htm

http://www.cameraquest.com/classics.htm
http://imaging.nikon.com/history/nikkor/index.htm
http://www.marcocavina.com/omaggio_a_kubrick.htm
http://www.skipwilliams.com/olympus/pen-lit.htm

cheers&good luck :),
marco

Wow I wasn't excepting so much answers, thanks for all the links !