After more than 10 years of experimenting with vintage projector lenses and sharing the journey through hundreds of videos on YouTube, I’ve finally compiled everything I’ve learned into this comprehensive, 130-page ebook. It’s packed with real-world examples, lens profiles, test shots, DIY adaptations, and step-by-step guidance.

My goal with this book was simple: to take everything I know about adapting, using, and shooting with projector lenses and condense it into an engaging and easy-to-follow format.

If you’ve ever wondered how to get that one-of-a-kind Swirly bokeh, or how to make your images stand out from the cookie-cutter digital look of modern lenses—this book is for you.

I finally had the space to explain things in full—how to test sensor coverage, how to mount a lens without damaging it, and which projector lenses are worth chasing.

This is my complete guide to experimental projector lens photography, built to save you time and get you better results, faster.

For the price of a lens filter or a battery, you're getting my entire brain on projector lenses built on over a decade of hands-on experimentation—and thousands of euros spent on rare lenses, helicoids, adapters, and cameras.

And if you’ve enjoyed my work on YouTube, this is also one of the best ways to support what I do.

I want you to finish this book feeling excited, motivated, and confident enough to build your own adapter, go out into the world, and shoot something magical.

— Mathieu