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Fallisphoto
Tinkerer Username: Fallisphoto
Post Number: 171 Registered: 09-2006
Rating: N/A Votes: 0 (Vote!) | Posted on Sunday, October 02, 2011 - 08:58 am: |
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I have a Voigtlander Inos with a Skopar lens. There is what I believe to be some lens fungus between the elements of the front lens group. Is there any way of getting those apart? |
Scott
Tinkerer Username: Scott
Post Number: 165 Registered: 07-2006
Rating: N/A Votes: 0 (Vote!) | Posted on Sunday, October 02, 2011 - 11:34 am: |
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Of course. Get a set of good quality tiny precision screwdrivers. Back the set-screws out around the lens. DO NOT take them all the way out, because a) it is not necessary, and b) it's very hard to get them back in. Then remove the front element. Remove the other elements. The rear elements have to come out the back. You will need a lens spanner for those. |
Milosdevino
Tinkerer Username: Milosdevino
Post Number: 21 Registered: 03-2010
Rating: N/A Votes: 0 (Vote!) | Posted on Monday, October 03, 2011 - 01:50 am: |
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A tip for the screws around the lens ring. If there are three screws, I only ever loosen one of them. That way the ring will still be centered the way it was, when you put it back on. |
Fallisphoto
Tinkerer Username: Fallisphoto
Post Number: 172 Registered: 09-2006
Rating: N/A Votes: 0 (Vote!) | Posted on Saturday, October 08, 2011 - 07:43 am: |
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WHat the heck are you guys talking about? What set screws? Just so we're all on the same page, this is the camera (and lens) I'm talking aobut: http://www.davidrichert.com/Classic%20Contest/PICT0122aWEB.jpg |
Fallisphoto
Tinkerer Username: Fallisphoto
Post Number: 173 Registered: 09-2006
Rating: N/A Votes: 0 (Vote!) | Posted on Saturday, October 08, 2011 - 07:50 am: |
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The whole front part just unscrews. It apparently consistes of two lenses in a brass barrel and there is something between them that needs to be cleaned out. There is a ring surrounding the lens, but the inside of the lens barrel is not threaded and it looks like it might be press fitted or maybe glued in. |
Br1078lum
Tinkerer Username: Br1078lum
Post Number: 150 Registered: 11-2010
Rating: N/A Votes: 0 (Vote!) | Posted on Saturday, October 08, 2011 - 07:43 pm: |
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I've got an old Zeiss camera that uses a split ring to hold the second element in. Took a dental pick to work the ring out of the barrel. PF |
Fallisphoto
Tinkerer Username: Fallisphoto
Post Number: 175 Registered: 09-2006
Rating: N/A Votes: 0 (Vote!) | Posted on Sunday, October 09, 2011 - 06:05 pm: |
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I'll take a closer look, but I don't think that's it. |
Fallisphoto
Tinkerer Username: Fallisphoto
Post Number: 191 Registered: 09-2006
Rating: N/A Votes: 0 (Vote!) | Posted on Monday, November 07, 2011 - 10:33 am: |
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There's no split ring. I think this is press fitted or glued in. |
Fallisphoto
Tinkerer Username: Fallisphoto
Post Number: 192 Registered: 09-2006
Rating: N/A Votes: 0 (Vote!) | Posted on Monday, November 07, 2011 - 10:49 am: |
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There's no split ring. I think this is press fitted or glued in. |