Outstanding video. I loved the hand gestures. Made it all so clear and obvious about how to unscrew, which bits to remove, where to align etc. Many thanks. :)
Hi Mike not sure to understand what you do at around 4:30 before removing the screws ? And second question do we really need to remove the back for accessing the aperture blade. It seems full accessible from the front ... thx for your explanations.
Hi, Great tutorial, very clear and excellent hand signals, will now attempt mine. Also require help with similar problem on Canon 400mm manual focus lens.
what a nice video...thanks... meanwhile, I am stuck disassembling my Nikkor 18-55 G vr2 lens. last time I checked, there is no video of it yet. please help..
Love the video! My 85mm f/2 has a stiff focusing ring and needs regreasing. Which step do I have to go to in order to regrease just the focusing ring? Thanks
Thank's Jay, I have already made a video about how to fix the stiff focus ring in this lens, you can see it here: ruclips.net/video/FpmhE9QC3fw/видео.html
So watching this, if im just cleaning the gummy aperture blades, do I really have to dismantle the lens mount end ? It appears that the lens mount end could remain untouched and just front end undone to clean aperture blade assembly 🤔 or am I missing something that could mess it up ?
Well, I just me who think it's more easy to put in the aperture assembly when the lens mount is taken out, and also there are less parts to mess up with.
@@mikeno62 I will rewatch the video a few more timed I think. I am new to the home lens repairs and it frightens me to death 😳 I was just wondering, as I was thinking the less parts I dismantle, the less I can get wrong. Thanks for replying, your vids are a mine of information 🙂.
Thank you Mikeno. I have problems with the blades of my 18-105 nikkor, some of them are out of place... have you ever tried with these sort of lens. Can you recommed me any page? Thanks again!
thank you for your tutarials! I've been looking for something similar for a nikkor 85mm 1.4 ais I recently bought. There is some play with the frontring, do you think is just a problem with the lateral screw that might be loose? I would simple try to screw it better but I need an incredibly small screwdriver! also for some reason there is a strange piece of paper attached at the base of the fronring that appears only when focused at close distance...
Hi Jose The clear "fluid" for cleaning the aperture blades, is actually 99% pure Isopropylalchohol, I'm sure you can it in the apotek or materialist. Cheers Kenneth
mikeno62 Sorry if I'm nagging. I'm a stranger on the subject but I really like. Regarding sealants, glue is it really? What is the function of the sealant? Is not it dangerous that can not be removed then? THANKS AGAIN and excellent channel !! ;)
Hi Jose The function of the Screw Lock / Sealant is to lock the screw so it NOT loosen itself, but with a tool it's possible to unscrew it again. The Locktite 222 (PURPLE COLOR in RED BOTTLE) is the best for cameras and lenses, here is more info: www.loctite.co.uk/loctite-4087.htm?nodeid=8802623422465 The Screw Lock / Sealant is NOT really a glue, like a normal glue for paper and super glue. It's more like a paste or a thin sticky fluid. Hope it make sense.. Cheers Kenneth
Thank you for the clarification Mike !! I really like these themes and appreciate your courtesy and kindly reply. I wait impatiently a video on sealing Rolleiflexs !! ;) Ahh !! and her fingers are so funny looking drawn and the objectives to remove !! You should give them names !! ?? hehe Best regards !!
I tried on both DX and FX and the blur is still there. I am going to try to see if nikon Japan can tell me what to Unscrew first to take out the front lens
s13.postimg.org/jeeioan2v/14233684_10154581408998836_1626076156_o.jpg I don't know if you can see but there is some dust inside I think. That and the coating I think that's where it comes from. Anyway many thanks for your time !
I have a Nikon 28-85 f3.5-4.5 ai-s lens and whenever I turn the arpurture ring the blades are unresponsive but when I pull the diaphragm lever the blades open and snap shut which is normal. Do you know what the problem is and/or how to fix it? Thanks in advance
Cory Carey It look's like the aperturing which has a connection arm inside the lens, that simply miss the connection with the little tap on the side of the lens assembly. Maybe the lens have been disassembled and then, not been assembled correct again. I haven't work with this lens, but I guess the solution could be that: Open the lens from the bajonet, then look for the aperture arm that has connection with the aperture system, try move the aperture ring and see if there are something broken. Cheers Kenneth
Thank you for this video. I can't get any success disassembling front part of the lens. i unscrewed the set screw, but the front part doesn't rotate as shown in video. What i'm doing wrong?
Hi Pacman1917 The little set screw has to be loosen as much as nessesary, well, I hope it's the same lens you have so it is the same way it loosen. But it is possible that the front ring has got some screw lock from the factory, that can on some lenses be very thight to get off. So the solution is to buy some very sticky gloves in the hardware store. I had have some lenses where they where really really thight, but I get them off by using a lot of power, and then I was lucky the ring or lens came off. Maybe it's the same problem with your lens. Hope it make 's sense. Cheers Kenneth
mikeno62 Maybe i should disassemble the rear part first like you did? Because i tried for the second time & even with full force was unable to unscrew the front barrel.
I was thinking that It could actually also be the problem that the front barrel has been thighten wrong from the begining or by a repair tech. Take a closer look to see if there is any small bump or similar wrong detailes. It would have the effect that it is so thight, or the worst case....., if somebody have glued the ring (do not that...)
mikeno62 Thank you very much! It was weird - i tried numerous times with full force & didn't get any results & when i completly lost any hope i just slightly turned the ring & it moved ;) I have another question to you - do you have any knowledge of Nikkor 105mm f/2.5 Ai-s? I disassembled it lo clean the inner lenses & the aperture pin felt apart. To be honest the construction of this pin is the silliest i have ever sin - nearly nothing except friction holds it. Now i can't put it back into place. Only reasonable solution i see here is to use the glue. Maybe you could advice me something?
WOW wow Pacman1917, you have got it out, great. About the Nikkor 105mm f/2.5 Ai-s, I have not yet made a film about it. But I have made a film of the Micro Nikkor 105mm 1:2.8 that also have some problems, also with the aperture pin, that part of the lens is really a problem as you describe, so I have made a film of that lens which you can see here. Repair Ai-S Micro Nikkor 105mm 1:2.8s______PART 1__Motion Lapse film
Hello, sorry for asking this here, but I've looked everywhere and I can't find the answer. I have a 16mm Fisheye AI-S f/2.8 and it doesn't focus on infinity. I think it's because the coating on the front lens is really starting to wear off ... Do you know if I can just remove the front lens to maybe clean it and make sure it's because of the coating ? Thank you very much !
Well, I don't have this lens, but the coating has nothing to do with the infinity problem, but maybe the front lens or the back lens has come loose. It could also be a problem with a stiff focus ring, or dust and dirt in the focus system so it's not possible to move the focus ring all the was to infinity. The focus ring itself can also be loose. Cheers Kenneth
Thank's, well, I will make a film about that lens very soon, I have one with A LOT's of fungus that had make deep grooves in the lens elements, so I will just use it for a turtorial film on how to diassemble and assemble... Great Fun
Hi, great tutorial video, thank you. To remove the glass om the front on a Nikkor 85mm f2 AI, do i have to unscrew the Nikkor plastic on the front, instead for that one on the side? Thank you
+Miguel Hyde Thank's Miguel, to take out the lens assembly you need to unscrew halfway out the very little set screw on the side of the front ring, as I show at 3:00. Then fully unscrew the front ring counterclockwise. next as shown at 3:57 now you can counterclockwise unscrew the front lens group. Cheers Kenneth
+mikeno62 Saw the video several times and the lens is not the same model, saw it now. My lens is 213370 serial, guess i have to take out the focus ring on mine. Might be that?
Okay, well that explane why it's not the same lens, it's because my lens is a Ai-s lens. To open it from the front, I would guess you have to unscrew the ring on top of the focus ring, that is just above the rubber...., NOT the front ring for the front lens. Maybe there is a little set screw under the rubber. just an idea.
Hi. Very good job. Nice and explicit. I have a Nikon FM2N and the timer for 1/4 to 1 sec was stuck. I have drip some oil and i fixed, but now i have oil on the shooter Blades. What do you think i schould do? Best regards.
+mritzcu Well, oil is a good thing, but use as less as posible, but when there is oil on the shutter blades you can use Isopropylalcohol 99% or Lighter Fluid and a lot's cotton swab... DO NOT use acetone it will bend /melting and simply destroy the blades
Hi, Mike, thanks for answer. Well, i have used spray contact cleaner, and it worked. When i have bought this camera the shutter was blocked half way and with the mirror lifted up. Now all, shutter curtain in all speeds work as intended, but when i have put film in... sometime the curtain is blocking, 5 mm before to complete the shut. The weird thing is, why make this just with film in? Any idea?
I acctually just got a AF Nikkor 35-105mm 1:3.5-4.5 that have some problems with the zoom, so I think I will make a film out of it sooner. I have not yet try the AF Nikkor 18-105mm, maybe it will come sooner or later... and if it happen, I will make a film about it. Cheers Kenneth
Hi Mike, I need to do this (Sticky Aperture)with a 105mm f1.8 AIS. Would you suggest approaching the aperture blades in a similar way (order) like you did with the 85mm AIS? Many thanks!
+Allyson Eskitch Hi Allyson you can find more in another of my film's, this is just about the helicoil, bit there you can see how to take out the lens assembly. ruclips.net/video/PRZdmj29O6w/видео.html But I think I will make one film about the aperture blades in the Nikkor Ai-s 105mm 1:1.8,,, Cheers Kenneth
I like many of your videos, thank you very much for sharing. I have some questions: 1 - Do not have any video you disassemble and clean any sealer or Rolleiflex TLR camera ?, would be great to see and retrieve these cameras slow shutter. and 2. What are the oils that you use for driving screws? (I noticed that you use two types, one heavier than the other ?, both are oils or sealers?) If you could clarify this would be great. Thank you so much !!! :D
Hi Jose I have actually think about making a film about the Rollei TLR with a Syncro Compur shutter, and specially about cleaning the slow gear and adjusting it to correct 1. Second. I'm also planing a film of completely disassemble a Compur shutter. The screw lock I use, there are 2 different types, the blue that is a middle tight and it's possible to disassemble it's the Locktite 243. The new one I have buy is the purple Locktite 222 that is a light tight screw lock, it's very good for small screws like those in cameras and lenses. ALL the Locktite bottles are red, but the fluid inside are in different colors.. Blue, purple or red or green. Cheers
Thank you very much for your comments !! They are of great help !! I have a Rolleiflex and would like to see something before !! Well as you say go slow account at slow speeds v 1 / 1s, 1 / 2s, 1 / 4s, 1 / 8s, 1 / 15s etc. I wait for your video to win and CONGRATULATIONS on your very helpful video !! And thank you very much for the info sealants.
Thanks for your excellent channel and instructions. To clean some fungus I have taken apart a Nikon 85mm f1.8 pre-1975 lens as far as taking off all the outer parts and extracting the lens barrel but got stuck on removing the retaining ring that holds the rear element in place. Could not loosen the little set screw on the retainer ring and may have stripped it, any advice?
Matt Schulze I applied my Dremel tool with the appropriate drill bit but no success. I can't drill any deeper otherwise I will hit the glass. Maybe there was no screw in the first place. The lens assembly looks very much like the Nikkor 105mm 1:2.5 that you disassembled in another video. However I'm unable to unscrew the rear element. Front elements also won't move and I'm afraid to scratch the glass if I try the spanner too often. I wish you could take a look at it!
Hi Matt I look at the internet to find some info about this lens, but there is not any disassemble info or a repair manual, or even a parts manual. One thing pop up in my head, it's just an idea... but it could be a solution..., the front retaining ring that hold the front element, if you take off the rubber on the focus ring, then you will probably see that there maybe is some kind of glue between the front ring and the focus ring. To take away the glue you can use some acetone..., but gently..., I think it must be that way it is assembled. Hope it can help you. cheers Kenneth
My 85mm F2 Nikkor also suffers from this problem! I thought that my copy was ruined forever, until I found your video. I am VERY timid about taking apart a lens, but this video has given me courage. Do you also clean lenses professionally? Great video, informative, and the comment thread has also answered any additional questions that had come to mind. Thanks again.
Some things to remember when working with aperture blades, remember to set a small on the inside of the barrel where you can see the aperture assembly and before take out the aperture plate. And take a lot pictures durring the process, it's your only backup
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Outstanding video. I loved the hand gestures. Made it all so clear and obvious about how to unscrew, which bits to remove, where to align etc. Many thanks. :)
Thank you. I just did this and it was a breeze thanks to your video.
Excellent video!!!! (and thanks for not having any obnoxious music in the background!!!!!)
Aperture cleaning very nice video thanks Sir mikeno.
Hi Mike not sure to understand what you do at around 4:30 before removing the screws ? And second question do we really need to remove the back for accessing the aperture blade. It seems full accessible from the front ... thx for your explanations.
Beautiful video. The magic hands! Well done. Greatz. :)
Hi, Great tutorial, very clear and excellent hand signals, will now attempt mine. Also require help with similar problem on Canon 400mm manual focus lens.
what a nice video...thanks...
meanwhile, I am stuck disassembling my Nikkor 18-55 G vr2 lens. last time I checked, there is no video of it yet. please help..
Love the video!
My 85mm f/2 has a stiff focusing ring and needs regreasing. Which step do I have to go to in order to regrease just the focusing ring? Thanks
Thank's Jay, I have already made a video about how to fix the stiff focus ring in this lens, you can see it here: ruclips.net/video/FpmhE9QC3fw/видео.html
So watching this, if im just cleaning the gummy aperture blades, do I really have to dismantle the lens mount end ? It appears that the lens mount end could remain untouched and just front end undone to clean aperture blade assembly 🤔 or am I missing something that could mess it up ?
Well, I just me who think it's more easy to put in the aperture assembly when the lens mount is taken out, and also there are less parts to mess up with.
@@mikeno62 I will rewatch the video a few more timed I think. I am new to the home lens repairs and it frightens me to death 😳 I was just wondering, as I was thinking the less parts I dismantle, the less I can get wrong. Thanks for replying, your vids are a mine of information 🙂.
I am unable to clean fungus of nikon 200mm f4 ais MICRO.Need help from your end
I have nikon 17-55 2.8 ..it is always over exposed after f5 i check aperture is little slow..it this same procedure to clean 17-55 2.8?
Great very helpful! Many thanks for sharing this
With that glue on screws, will it be possible to unscrew them later without damage?
What liquid are you cleaning the blades with?
Thank you Mikeno. I have problems with the blades of my 18-105 nikkor, some of them are out of place... have you ever tried with these sort of lens. Can you recommed me any page? Thanks again!
thank you for your tutarials! I've been looking for something similar for a nikkor 85mm 1.4 ais I recently bought. There is some play with the frontring, do you think is just a problem with the lateral screw that might be loose? I would simple try to screw it better but I need an incredibly small screwdriver! also for some reason there is a strange piece of paper attached at the base of the fronring that appears only when focused at close distance...
Excellent video, thanks for you sharing. One question: can you tell me where bathing fluid is to clean the diaphragm blades? thank you very much!
Hi Jose
The clear "fluid" for cleaning the aperture blades, is actually 99% pure Isopropylalchohol, I'm sure you can it in the apotek or materialist.
Cheers
Kenneth
mikeno62 Many great thanks, good cleaner and easy to find !! Thank you !!
mikeno62 Sorry if I'm nagging. I'm a stranger on the subject but I really like. Regarding sealants, glue is it really? What is the function of the sealant? Is not it dangerous that can not be removed then?
THANKS AGAIN and excellent channel !! ;)
Hi Jose
The function of the Screw Lock / Sealant is to lock the screw so it NOT loosen itself, but with a tool it's possible to unscrew it again.
The Locktite 222 (PURPLE COLOR in RED BOTTLE) is the best for cameras and lenses, here is more info: www.loctite.co.uk/loctite-4087.htm?nodeid=8802623422465
The Screw Lock / Sealant is NOT really a glue, like a normal glue for paper and super glue. It's more like a paste or a thin sticky fluid.
Hope it make sense..
Cheers
Kenneth
Thank you for the clarification Mike !!
I really like these themes and appreciate your courtesy and kindly reply.
I wait impatiently a video on sealing Rolleiflexs !! ;)
Ahh !! and her fingers are so funny looking drawn and the objectives to remove !! You should give them names !! ?? hehe Best regards !!
I tried on both DX and FX and the blur is still there. I am going to try to see if nikon Japan can tell me what to Unscrew first to take out the front lens
s13.postimg.org/jeeioan2v/14233684_10154581408998836_1626076156_o.jpg
I don't know if you can see but there is some dust inside I think. That and the coating I think that's where it comes from.
Anyway many thanks for your time !
I have a Nikon 28-85 f3.5-4.5 ai-s lens and whenever I turn the arpurture ring the blades are unresponsive but when I pull the diaphragm lever the blades open and snap shut which is normal. Do you know what the problem is and/or how to fix it? Thanks in advance
Cory Carey It look's like the aperturing which has a connection arm inside the lens, that simply miss the connection with the little tap on the side of the lens assembly. Maybe the lens have been disassembled and then, not been assembled correct again.
I haven't work with this lens, but I guess the solution could be that:
Open the lens from the bajonet, then look for the aperture arm that has connection with the aperture system, try move the aperture ring and see if there are something broken.
Cheers
Kenneth
Please make video for cleaning aperture blades nikon 18-55 DX VR, i have fungus near aperture blades
When I have time I will make a film about that lens.
mikeno62 thanks mikeno, i will very appreciated that
Thank you for this video. I can't get any success disassembling front part of the lens. i unscrewed the set screw, but the front part doesn't rotate as shown in video. What i'm doing wrong?
Hi Pacman1917
The little set screw has to be loosen as much as nessesary, well, I hope it's the same lens you have so it is the same way it loosen. But it is possible that the front ring has got some screw lock from the factory, that can on some lenses be very thight to get off.
So the solution is to buy some very sticky gloves in the hardware store. I had have some lenses where they where really really thight, but I get them off by using a lot of power, and then I was lucky the ring or lens came off.
Maybe it's the same problem with your lens.
Hope it make 's sense.
Cheers
Kenneth
mikeno62 Maybe i should disassemble the rear part first like you did? Because i tried for the second time & even with full force was unable to unscrew the front barrel.
I was thinking that It could actually also be the problem that the front barrel has been thighten wrong from the begining or by a repair tech. Take a closer look to see if there is any small bump or similar wrong detailes. It would have the effect that it is so thight, or the worst case....., if somebody have glued the ring (do not that...)
mikeno62 Thank you very much! It was weird - i tried numerous times with full force & didn't get any results & when i completly lost any hope i just slightly turned the ring & it moved ;)
I have another question to you - do you have any knowledge of Nikkor 105mm f/2.5 Ai-s? I disassembled it lo clean the inner lenses & the aperture pin felt apart. To be honest the construction of this pin is the silliest i have ever sin - nearly nothing except friction holds it. Now i can't put it back into place. Only reasonable solution i see here is to use the glue. Maybe you could advice me something?
WOW wow Pacman1917, you have got it out, great.
About the Nikkor 105mm f/2.5 Ai-s, I have not yet made a film about it.
But I have made a film of the Micro Nikkor 105mm 1:2.8 that also have some problems, also with the aperture pin, that part of the lens is really a problem as you describe, so I have made a film of that lens which you can see here. Repair Ai-S Micro Nikkor 105mm 1:2.8s______PART 1__Motion Lapse film
Hello, sorry for asking this here, but I've looked everywhere and I can't find the answer. I have a 16mm Fisheye AI-S f/2.8 and it doesn't focus on infinity. I think it's because the coating on the front lens is really starting to wear off ... Do you know if I can just remove the front lens to maybe clean it and make sure it's because of the coating ?
Thank you very much !
Well, I don't have this lens, but the coating has nothing to do with the infinity problem, but maybe the front lens or the back lens has come loose.
It could also be a problem with a stiff focus ring, or dust and dirt in the focus system so it's not possible to move the focus ring all the was to infinity.
The focus ring itself can also be loose.
Cheers
Kenneth
nice video, just cleaned oil off my 85/f2, Hi Kenneth, any experience with 85/1.4 ais and 35/1.4 ais, have to clean some fungus and dust....thanks.
Great video!!! I have a 1979 Nikkor 200mm f4 lens that needs the blades cleaned.... Is it a similar procedure to this video?
Thank's, well, I will make a film about that lens very soon, I have one with A LOT's of fungus that had make deep grooves in the lens elements, so I will just use it for a turtorial film on how to diassemble and assemble... Great Fun
Thank you Mike!!! looking forward to it
Hi lanizander, now the film is ready, and it's not very difficult to fix the aperture blades.
Have Fun..
ruclips.net/video/qQQXMyo4yXg/видео.html
Hi, great tutorial video, thank you. To remove the glass om the front on a Nikkor 85mm f2 AI, do i have to unscrew the Nikkor plastic on the front, instead for that one on the side?
Thank you
+Miguel Hyde Thank's Miguel, to take out the lens assembly you need to unscrew halfway out the very little set screw on the side of the front ring, as I show at 3:00.
Then fully unscrew the front ring counterclockwise. next as shown at 3:57 now you can counterclockwise unscrew the front lens group.
Cheers
Kenneth
+mikeno62 Saw the video several times and the lens is not the same model, saw it now. My lens is 213370 serial, guess i have to take out the focus ring on mine. Might be that?
set the focus ring to as near as posible (shorter than 0.85..), then you can see the little set screw (as you already know now) :-)
+mikeno62 www.photosynthesis.co.nz/nikon/ai852c.jpg - This is my lens model.
Okay, well that explane why it's not the same lens, it's because my lens is a Ai-s lens.
To open it from the front, I would guess you have to unscrew the ring on top of the focus ring, that is just above the rubber...., NOT the front ring for the front lens. Maybe there is a little set screw under the rubber. just an idea.
i need to know how to clean the elements on this lens :( can you make a video?
Now you can see how I do it in another of my film's: ruclips.net/user/edit?o=U&video_id=rYQQ-oqIevg
mikeno62 thank you so much!
wait, i guess that was the wrong link... that send me to my videos :p
Hi. Very good job. Nice and explicit. I have a Nikon FM2N and the timer for 1/4 to 1 sec was stuck. I have drip some oil and i fixed, but now i have oil on the shooter Blades. What do you think i schould do? Best regards.
+mritzcu Well, oil is a good thing, but use as less as posible, but when there is oil on the shutter blades you can use Isopropylalcohol 99% or Lighter Fluid and a lot's cotton swab...
DO NOT use acetone it will bend /melting and simply destroy the blades
Hi, Mike, thanks for answer. Well, i have used spray contact cleaner, and it worked. When i have bought this camera the shutter was blocked half way and with the mirror lifted up. Now all, shutter curtain in all speeds work as intended, but when i have put film in... sometime the curtain is blocking, 5 mm before to complete the shut.
The weird thing is, why make this just with film in? Any idea?
Have you tried this with 18-105 Nikkor, i need help on this one
I acctually just got a AF Nikkor 35-105mm 1:3.5-4.5 that have some problems with the zoom, so I think I will make a film out of it sooner.
I have not yet try the AF Nikkor 18-105mm, maybe it will come sooner or later... and if it happen, I will make a film about it.
Cheers
Kenneth
mikeno62 Ok man thanks anyway. Hope you make one soon
Hi Mike, I need to do this (Sticky Aperture)with a 105mm f1.8 AIS. Would you suggest approaching the aperture blades in a similar way (order) like you did with the 85mm AIS? Many thanks!
+Allyson Eskitch Hi Allyson you can find more in another of my film's, this is just about the helicoil, bit there you can see how to take out the lens assembly. ruclips.net/video/PRZdmj29O6w/видео.html
But I think I will make one film about the aperture blades in the Nikkor Ai-s 105mm 1:1.8,,,
Cheers
Kenneth
+mikeno62
Thanks! Looking forward to the new film!
I see. the weird thing is that the symbol for infinity perfectly lines up and it's still blurry. thank you for your time !
You could try it on another camera, just to see if there is a difference.
I like many of your videos, thank you very much for sharing. I have some questions: 1 - Do not have any video you disassemble and clean any sealer or Rolleiflex TLR camera ?, would be great to see and retrieve these cameras slow shutter. and 2. What are the oils that you use for driving screws? (I noticed that you use two types, one heavier than the other ?, both are oils or sealers?) If you could clarify this would be great. Thank you so much !!! :D
Hi Jose
I have actually think about making a film about the Rollei TLR with a Syncro Compur shutter, and specially about cleaning the slow gear and adjusting it to correct 1. Second.
I'm also planing a film of completely disassemble a Compur shutter.
The screw lock I use, there are 2 different types, the blue that is a middle tight and it's possible to disassemble it's the Locktite 243.
The new one I have buy is the purple Locktite 222 that is a light tight screw lock, it's very good for small screws like those in cameras and lenses.
ALL the Locktite bottles are red, but the fluid inside are in different colors.. Blue, purple or red or green.
Cheers
Thank you very much for your comments !! They are of great help !! I have a Rolleiflex and would like to see something before !! Well as you say go slow account at slow speeds v 1 / 1s, 1 / 2s, 1 / 4s, 1 / 8s, 1 / 15s etc. I wait for your video to win and CONGRATULATIONS on your very helpful video !!
And thank you very much for the info sealants.
Thanks!!!
Thanks 👌💪👍♥️
awesome! thanks for sharing!
I really struggle with these types of videos.
Camera's have come a long way since the silent movie making days 😂
Thanks for your excellent channel and instructions. To clean some fungus I have taken apart a Nikon 85mm f1.8 pre-1975 lens as far as taking off all the outer parts and extracting the lens barrel but got stuck on removing the retaining ring that holds the rear element in place. Could not loosen the little set screw on the retainer ring and may have stripped it, any advice?
Hi Matt
Just an idea, If you have a "Dremel" electric tool, you could maybe drill it out, I have not yet try the Nikon 85mm f1.8 pre-1975.
mikeno62
Thanks, I'll give that a try. I do have a Dremel tool and I'll report on success or failure
Matt Schulze
I applied my Dremel tool with the appropriate drill bit but no success. I can't drill any deeper otherwise I will hit the glass. Maybe there was no screw in the first place.
The lens assembly looks very much like the Nikkor 105mm 1:2.5 that you disassembled in another video. However I'm unable to unscrew the rear element. Front elements also won't move and I'm afraid to scratch the glass if I try the spanner too often. I wish you could take a look at it!
Hi Matt
I look at the internet to find some info about this lens, but there is not any disassemble info or a repair manual, or even a parts manual.
One thing pop up in my head, it's just an idea... but it could be a solution..., the front retaining ring that hold the front element, if you take off the rubber on the focus ring, then you will probably see that there maybe is some kind of glue between the front ring and the focus ring. To take away the glue you can use some acetone..., but gently..., I think it must be that way it is assembled. Hope it can help you.
cheers
Kenneth
mikeno62
Thank you for your answer! If I make a very short youtube video that will show the disassembled lens, would you take a look after Christmas?
awesome! thanks for sharing! The Best, GOD BLESS YOU!!!
My 85mm F2 Nikkor also suffers from this problem! I thought that my copy was ruined forever, until I found your video. I am VERY timid about taking apart a lens, but this video has given me courage.
Do you also clean lenses professionally? Great video, informative, and the comment thread has also answered any additional questions that had come to mind. Thanks again.
Some things to remember when working with aperture blades, remember to set a small on the inside of the barrel where you can see the aperture assembly and before take out the aperture plate. And take a lot pictures durring the process, it's your only backup
This definitely qualifies as 'camera repair porn'... works well with some Jamiroquai :) Thanks for this!