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Keith
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Username: Keith

Post Number: 2
Registered: 01-2010

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Posted on Friday, January 22, 2010 - 10:03 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)

I have started collecting specimens of the gear I learned on in the 50's. I haven't managed to find the first two yet, a Voigtlander Bessa II and a Voigtlander Vito IIa but have No3 a Paxette in absolutely immaculate condition, looks like new, straight out of the box. It has the extinction meter, and No 4, a Super Paxette with the rangefinder and 2 lenses. There's a Cassarit 45mm F2.8 and a Kreuznach-E-Telenar 135mm F5.6 which unfortunately has a spot of mould inside the front element. I could use some advice on how to get inside the lens to clean it out without damaging it! Where do I start?.
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David_nebenzahl
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Username: David_nebenzahl

Post Number: 80
Registered: 12-2009

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Posted on Friday, January 22, 2010 - 10:14 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)

I just happen to have one of those lenses (a Steinheil München Cassarit 45mm) on my Super Paxette. I lubricated the helicoid on this several years ago. I could take a look at it later, though it sounds like you need help with the 135 instead.

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