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     Cooltouch Tinkerer Username: Cooltouch Post Number: 254 Registered: 01-2009 Rating: N/A |
Prior to trying to dismantle this 28-105, I cleaned the blades on another Vivitar Series 1 in Canon FD mount -- the 24-48mm f/3.8. It has the Kiron S/N code (22xxxx). I was able to get to the aperture blades by removing the rear mount and the rear lens group only. A couple of teaspoons of naphtha and many q-tips later, the blades were clean and the lens was back in service. So, that's at least one lens that is amongst the "very few" you mention. It was because the 24-48's blades were so easy to get to, in fact, that I was encouraged that the 28-105 would be equally easy. Wrong.  So, I should just suck it up and dismantle the lens. It ain't gonna do it by itself and I'm tired of seeing it just sit there. |