Projection Lens Types

Regular8

Pentaka

• rear barrel diameter: ??
• barrel has got a short groove with a approx. 30° angle to the optical path
• suited for:
  •  ?

Super8/Single8

Bauer/Silma pin style

• rear barrel diameter: 32.3 mm
• barrel has got a protruding pin
• suited for:
  • (all?) Bauer projectors
  • (all?) Silma projectors

Elmo pin style

• rear barrel diameter: ?? (larger than the "Bauer/Silma pin style")
• barrel has got a protruding pin and a groove that leads from the rear to the pin
• suited for:
  • at least ELMO GP, K100SM, ST600, ST800, ST1200, GS800 and GS1200

Eumig "I" style

• barrel has got one short groove that look like a capital I
• rear barrel diameter: 32.3 mm
• suited for:
  • some Eumig projectors, e.g. Eumig Mark 610D

Eumig screw style

• rear barrel has got a threading - but only in the middle
• rear barrel diameter: 32.3 mm
• suited for:
  • some Eumig projectors

Eumig "panel" style

• attached to the barrel, there's a panel (and some other figures)
• rear barrel diameter: 32.3mm
• suited for:
  • Eumig projectors from the S6xx and S9xx series, e.g. Eumig S908

Noris screw style

• threading diameter: 35mm
• suited for:
  • (all?) Noris projectors that are "Made in Germany", e.g. Noris Norimat deluxe

Unknown screw style

• threading diameter: 25mm
• suited for:
  •  ?

Yelco "II" style

• barrel has got two short, parallel grooves that look like two capital Is (II)
• rear barrel diameter: 32mm
• suited for:
  • Fujicascope M3 etc.

Yelco "T" style

• barrel has one groove (full circle) plus another groove that goes from the rear perpendicularly to the circle (so that both grooves form a "T")
• rear barrel diameter: 32mm
• suited for:
  • Yelco DS-810 MT etc.

16mm

small barrel diameter

• rear barrel diameter: 42mm
• suited for:
  • Bauer
  • Eiki

large barrel diameter

• rear barrel diameter: 2 inches/52.5mm
• barrel might have a threading like a screw
• suited for:
  • Bell & Howell
  • Fite 16CN
  • Meopta Meoclub series

Elmo

• rear barrel has one groove (full circle)
• rear barrel diameter: ??
• suited for:
  • ELMO 16-CL, ELMO 16-AL, ELMO CX-350