Abakus Fixed Focal Length Small Lenses
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High Impact Borescope lens (Product code 1065)
This lens was originally designed to fit right in the centre of the Bulls-eye of an archery target, so that arrows could be "watched" coming straight towards the target. Any lens in this position of potential high impact had to be designed to very high specification to withstand high energy impact.
The shape, size and form of the front of the lens is revolutionary. The very front element is tiny, being just 2mm in diameter and yet is incredibly powerful in optical terms. This and the rest of the front optical assemblage are housed in metal shaped like a jet fighter nose cone, coming down to a point of only 2.5mm. The tiny front lens is protected by an optical window made from sapphire for additional strength and protection. It has a wide 96° angle of view. Images have remarkable edge-to-edge sharpness and flat field. The main body of the borescope is made from high quality stainless steel and this part of the lens enables a high degree of flexibility in terms of length. It may be as short as 90mm and increased in units of 90mm to, for example, the 230mm length that was used for the archery target.
| Focal length | 4mm | |
| Picture width/diagonal | 80°/92° | |
| Length | 50mm plus 90mm units | |
| Diameter Front /barrel | 2.5/ 12mm | |
| Rear external mount | C-mount | |
| Relative Aperture | f/4 to f16 | |
| Bend angle | Straight, 90° to order |
Abakus Borescope lenses (Product code 893)
The central barrel shaped "borescope" part of the lens is 20mm diameter. This part of the lens relays the image back towards the fully closing iris which enables use in differing light levels, then to the internal filter holder, focus movement and rotatable C-mount, then finally the camera. The sophisticated Abakus design achieves High Definition quality when used on suitable high quality HD cameras such as the Iconix HD-RH1F, Hitachi KP-D20BP, Ikegami HDL-20 & TV Skyline HD1100.
Abakus Borescope Specification
| Focal lengths | 3.5, 5, 9 & 15mm | |
| Relative Aperture | f/3.8 to f/16 and fully closed | |
| Available length | Between 200 & 400mm | |
| Diameter Front /barrel | 20 mm/20 mm | |
| Rear external mount | JVC/Sony or C-mount | |
| Internal Filter | M30.6 x0.5P | |
| Bend angle | Straight, 45° or 90° |
Picture of bees taken with Abakus Borescope
Abakus Fixed Focal Length Lenses for 2/3" single-chip cameras in rugged situations
Top quality optics throughout
| Abakus code | 1203 | 1204 | 1206 | 1209 | 1215 | 1225 |
| Focal length | 3.5 mm | 4.5 mm | 6 mm | 9 mm | 15 mm | 25 mm |
| Picture diagonal | 125° | 115° | 100° | 68° | 40° | 25° |
| Weight in grams | 150 | 182 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 |
| Length to image | TBA | 53 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 |
| Max. diameter | TBA | 58 | 22.8 | 22.8 | 22.8 | 22.8 |
| Relative aperture | f/2 to f/16 | |||||
| Iris drive by gear or belt, optional motorised | ||||||
The above data is for when lenses are used with 2/3" C or D-mount cameras for which they were designed.
An Abakus D-mount to C-mount adapter is available. Please note that they are not suitable for 3-chip cameras incorporating a beam-splitting prism because there is not enough back focus for use on this type of camera.
Abakus Anamorphic Micro Lens
Specification of the Abakus Anamorphic Micro Lens
| Product code | 805 |
| Focal length | Horizontal 3mm Vertical 4mm |
| Picture diagonal | 74° |
| Picture width | 60° |
| Picture height | 36° |
| Aperture | f4/f8 depending on iris position |
| Camera format | 1/4", 4mm diagonal |
| Front diameter | 15.2mm/19mm (without/with sapphire front) |
| Rear external diameter thread | 14mm to incorporate 12mm camera thread |
| Length | 10.5mm/18mm (without/with sapphire front) |
| Weight | 4.7g/10.2g (without/with sapphire front) |