{"id":7479,"date":"2011-06-13T15:05:44","date_gmt":"2011-06-13T19:05:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/?p=7479"},"modified":"2017-10-24T19:20:35","modified_gmt":"2017-10-24T23:20:35","slug":"vidicon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/vidicon\/","title":{"rendered":"Vidicon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"7480\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/vidicon\/w_b-vong-com_pix_vidicon_01\/#main\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/w_b-vong.com_pix_vidicon_01.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"440,292\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D90&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1308145091&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;105&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0333333333333&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"w_b-vong.com_pix_vidicon_01\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/w_b-vong.com_pix_vidicon_01.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7480\" style=\"border: 5px solid white;\" title=\"w_b-vong.com_pix_vidicon_01\" src=\"http:\/\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/w_b-vong.com_pix_vidicon_01.jpg\" alt=\"Vidicon 25mm f\/1.4 mounted on an Olympus E-PL1\" width=\"440\" height=\"292\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"7481\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/vidicon\/olympus-digital-camera-36\/#main\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/w_b-vong.com_pix_vidicon_02.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"440,586\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;E-PL1&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1308072167&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0008&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"w_b-vong.com_pix_vidicon_02.jpg\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/w_b-vong.com_pix_vidicon_02.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full 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data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/w_b-vong.com_pix_vidicon_04.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"440,330\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;E-PL1&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1308225066&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;160&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0005&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"w_b-vong.com_pix_vidicon_04.jpg\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/w_b-vong.com_pix_vidicon_04.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7486\" style=\"border: 5px solid white;\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http:\/\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/w_b-vong.com_pix_vidicon_04.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"440\" height=\"330\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small; font-family: verdana,geneva;\">Notes: Found this Ampex Vidicon 25mm f\/1.4 on another treasure hunt.\u00a0 The other 25mm I have focuses, but you can&#8217;t change the aperture.\u00a0 This one, you can change the aperture, but the focusing seems to have been set to infinity by the factory.\u00a0 A workaround is to &#8220;focus&#8221; by not threading it all the way into the C mount adapter.\u00a0 Hardly a practical way to take photos, but another weapon added to the team! \ud83d\ude42<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Notes: Found this Ampex Vidicon 25mm f\/1.4 on another treasure hunt.\u00a0 The other 25mm I have focuses, but you can&#8217;t change the aperture.\u00a0 This one, you can change the aperture, but the focusing seems to have been set to infinity by the factory.\u00a0 A workaround is to &#8220;focus&#8221; by not threading it all the way 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