Designing a Budget Petzval Lens for Additive Manufacturing

• Andrew Rogers
• March 26, 2026
• Design Process

Project Genesis –  At a certain point in my photo journey I decided I needed a Petzval lens to expand my set of tools. Of course that was before I looked at prices for them. The simple lenses, often take-offs from old magic lantern projectors, were a bit much. While I don’t have money to…