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     Br1078lum Tinkerer Username: Br1078lum Post Number: 122 Registered: 11-2010 Rating: N/A |
There are plenty of threads here on lens repairs that you could study. Spanners are a must to be able to get retaining rings off, and a set of them is better. Sometimes you have to make one out of a piece of pipe, as a normal spanner won't fit in the lens body, or inside a folding camera bellows. You have to look out for things like ball bearings falling out and getting lost in the carpet, so a good work surface with a cloth to catch anything is important. The one thing that is hard to fix on a lens is if something is between cemented elements. Fungus there is not easily gotten rid of, as it entails seperating the elements, then gluing them back together in proper alignment using a special glue that is UV activated. Other than that, it's a lot of fun. PF |