I so appreciate the simplicity of this video. No unnecessary graphics, no introduction that takes up 5 minute to actually start showing what the title said it would, no sharing of any personal stories that were uncalled for, no stalling of any kind. It showed exactly what I needed and nothing more. Now my camera works! THANK YOU.
Great video. Thank you! Couple of points (having actually performed this fix on precisely this lens following this video). That tiny pin that is attached by a wire to the inner right of the lens (as unscrewed at 4:00) is a four-piece spring-loaded pin. If you pull gently on the ring, the wire can separate from the spring loaded pin. If this happens, it is only a matter of tiny knocks before the tiny black plastic insulator ring is fired across the room. Work in a clean space to avoid losing parts. If you do separate the wire from the spring loaded mount, you will need to solder the wire back on to the spring-loaded pin. Because the "open" spring makes it impossible to do this, thread a piece of cotton through the middle of the spring and tie it tight. Put the pieces back together, solder it up and then cut the cotton. The iFixit Essential ElectronicsTool Kit was extremely useful in replacing the broken mount ring.
This is a great video - needs no words, super clear and works!! Recommend magnetised screwdrivers and attach spring before remounting ring so that the spring is only under tension when attached at both ends and so less likely to ping off!
Thank you, now have my favorite camera back! For those of us with bad eyes, a magnifier is a must. The screw for the spring loaded clip was the hardest for me. I ended up breaking the little wire too and had to solder it back on. Also, all kinds of shims will fall out if you turn it upside down to get dropped screws out! They have to go back in a certain way. One thing that made it easier for me was to turn the lens so that the glass portion drops a bit. Didn't have any issues with that tricky part with all the contacts. Took me about two hours I guess, but mostly because of just having bad eyes. It was a great learning experience, would do it again! Made sure to clean the inner lens followed with a good blast of compressed air to get any bits of the old ring out.
Be very careful of that wire. Mine broke too but was able to strip some of the wire and use the compression ring to replace it. Works again! I will never pack my wife's camera in checked bags again!!!!! :)
Excellent vid. I dropped the exact same lens which resulted in the same damage. I considered buying a new replacement but then thought about repairing my own. This vid has encouraged me to give it a go - Many thanks.
Very useful. I had a problem in that on my lens, as I tried to remove the aperture stop down rod/ring (as you do at 3:50 on the video) I could't take it out; it was still retained deeper in the lens, so I had to remove the two screws that attached the rod to the ring. The screws had thread-lock applied, so I had to reapply it to make sure they stayed and didn't become loose. Fiddly to reassemble, but all good in the end. Thanks for that.
Thanks for the video, showed what i needed. Incredibly good pointer Toby Haynes, work in a clean space. I dropped the screw that holds the brass bracket on with the spring loaded wire / ball point / contact point thingy and thought the screw fell further into the lens. I got way more intimate with the lens than I wanted to but saved me money on a new lens!
You saved me lolI took my lens to Mike's camera to see if they could fix it for me and they told me no that it was useless now. Said I might as well just throw it away. I couldn't do it. My lens has been broken for so long. Thank you sooooo much :)
Great video. Watched it through and then followed it when doing the repair. My comments echo an earlier poster. Should use a Phillips head screwdriver. The wire is attached to the pin with the black ring. If it becomes separated, remove the ring, put the end of the wire in the ring and feed it back onto the pin. Reassembly of the two inner pieces is easier if done together. Thank you for your post
Superbly demonstrated! Copied your recipe and fixed my lense :-)) You are a gift to humanity ;-) Tip: I found it even easier with magnetic Philips screwdrivers.
EXCELLENT video. Looks very easy when you did it. I found the tiny screws fiddly and took much longer, but worked brilliantly. I was quoted 60Pounds+VAT! Bayonet cost me 2.99 on Amazon. THANK YOU!
Life saver . Thanks a lot buddy. I was able to fix mine. Although I snapped the thin wire accidentally and had to solder it. Was a pain in the ass but all is well in the end
Video semplice e perfetto da seguire passo passo. sono riuscito a sostituire l'attacco a baionetta rotto senza difficoltà anche se non avevo mai messo mano ad un'obiettivo Grazie per il video
actually its supposed to be like that. if you e.g. drop your camera with a steel bayonet that doesn't break the shock would transfer to somewhere inside the camera and do even bigger damage
When you slip and smash your lens on the floor/wall/person next to you, do you want it to a) snap at the mount point making it impossible to use the lens or b) damage the f-mount so that you can't get any lens to sit tightly on your camera body. The Nikon engineers have chosen (a).
Good job nikon with it mounts. I accidentaly drop my camera. If it was made from a metal mount, my lens will be teared apart. God bless only the plastic mount is broken. By the way, what is that little cable do? I snapped it and worried.
Totally saved me from dorking around with shipping this back and forth to Nikon. Of course, if I'd taken pictures as I was taking it apart a couple weeks ago... Awesome video though. Maybe have We Are The Champions in the background!
Thank you very much, saved me a lot of money. But nearly got a nervous breakdown, when the small cable teared off. But was no problem to solder it. (sorry for my bad english :-))
Thanks. Extra precaution needed due to the small wire. Mine broke while double checking the spring course. I managed to weld it back and it seems to work fine now.
Same here, still works though. Just need to find out how dangerous it is to use without as I'm pretty sure that's the grounding cable. Should be fine, but I'm no electrician
My lens is the NIKON DX Nikkor 55-200 AF-S 4-5.5 ED. Where can I get the mount part? I’ve always been pretty good at fixing things and your video is just perfect with telling how to do this - I think I can do this, but I don’t I need them out for that specific lens? How do I get that?
Great video, good clarity. Really nice to have such a close up view. Took me longer than I thought but everything works. Thanks again. Appreciate your effort.
Merci pour cette vidéo. Elle m'a permis de réparer mon objectif que j'avais malencontreusement fait tomber, et ceci pour la modique somme de 6 € ! Les grandes enseignes photographiques me dirigeaient plutôt vers un nouvel achat.
Excelent. Broke ground cable. Time to solder back on. Is there a specific order to the rings? Bumped off and assembled back on aliagnment, but there are 2 gold and 2 silver. Attaching the spring took almost an hour.
This is a great video. I've gone through it, but think I did something wrong... when I telescope the lens in (i.e. reduce zoom), there's a bit of friction/clicking. Any ideas before I take it apart again?
Hee Luuc, bedankt voor je super filmpje! Het is me door jou gelukt mijn lens te repareren. Je moet het objectief vanaf begin in 18mm positie zetten, heb ik ervaren.
I agree great video. I found that the screws were torqued so tight that I wound up stripping them and could not get them off. Had to buy a new lens for under $200
Great video!! I replace mine watching it. The only thing, you could advice to be carefull with screws, because they are no all same size. Regards from Argentina!
great tutorial, pitty I managed to break the cable at 6:40 - it's very fiddly (in fact my new bayonet had a smaller hole for my original screw, which I found out after cable snapped), but it seems lens is working without it, not sure what that thing is for ...
I’d suggest using a magnetic head on an telescoping rod, as used by mechanics. They make small ones that fit in a shirt pocket, with very strong magnets. Much easier than tweezers for removing tiny screws.
I seriously need help because the bayonet mount I bought does no fit onto the part with the spring. I don't know whether the mount is not the right one or am I doing something wrong. Please help I will link a picture. thanks
Hi Excellent video. I have one question the piece you hold in your hand at 4.54 what is that called? I need one of them for an 18-55mm lens. Thank you in advance
Thanks for the vid but I hit a snag right at the end. When I put the last ring into place it seems to foul the sprung section so now the lever will not snap back into place. Anyone any ideas? Otherwise it all fits fine.
I would strongly advise anyone attempting this sort of repair to invest in a set of JIS screwdrivers (Japanese Industrial Standard). Ordinary crosshead drivers are not a very good fit and you can start to damage the screw heads, making them impossible to deal with a second time. JIS match the screws the Japanese use, and make the job easy(er).
I bought off Amazon the Bayonet Mount and the tolerances are not the same as the OEM. Anyone have a mount that they purchased that worked well on the 18-105 nikon lens? Where did you purchase please.
I so appreciate the simplicity of this video. No unnecessary graphics, no introduction that takes up 5 minute to actually start showing what the title said it would, no sharing of any personal stories that were uncalled for, no stalling of any kind.
It showed exactly what I needed and nothing more. Now my camera works! THANK YOU.
Great video. Thank you!
Couple of points (having actually performed this fix on precisely this lens following this video). That tiny pin that is attached by a wire to the inner right of the lens (as unscrewed at 4:00) is a four-piece spring-loaded pin. If you pull gently on the ring, the wire can separate from the spring loaded pin. If this happens, it is only a matter of tiny knocks before the tiny black plastic insulator ring is fired across the room. Work in a clean space to avoid losing parts.
If you do separate the wire from the spring loaded mount, you will need to solder the wire back on to the spring-loaded pin. Because the "open" spring makes it impossible to do this, thread a piece of cotton through the middle of the spring and tie it tight. Put the pieces back together, solder it up and then cut the cotton.
The iFixit Essential ElectronicsTool Kit was extremely useful in replacing the broken mount ring.
What did you solder the wire back to? the tip of the pin? It's very hard to see in the videos
Btw, I have reassembled the pin to the ring which seems to eliminate the spring problem.
Pra que serve esse cabo?
This is a great video - needs no words, super clear and works!! Recommend magnetised screwdrivers and attach spring before remounting ring so that the spring is only under tension when attached at both ends and so less likely to ping off!
Thank you, now have my favorite camera back!
For those of us with bad eyes, a magnifier is a must. The screw for the spring loaded clip was the hardest for me. I ended up breaking the little wire too and had to solder it back on. Also, all kinds of shims will fall out if you turn it upside down to get dropped screws out! They have to go back in a certain way.
One thing that made it easier for me was to turn the lens so that the glass portion drops a bit. Didn't have any issues with that tricky part with all the contacts.
Took me about two hours I guess, but mostly because of just having bad eyes. It was a great learning experience, would do it again!
Made sure to clean the inner lens followed with a good blast of compressed air to get any bits of the old ring out.
russel, is there a way to replace it without soldering? I removed it too =//
Be very careful of that wire. Mine broke too but was able to strip some of the wire and use the compression ring to replace it. Works again! I will never pack my wife's camera in checked bags again!!!!! :)
Thanks to you I managed to fix my lens! It was tricky but worked with patience!
Excellent vid. I dropped the exact same lens which resulted in the same damage. I considered buying a new replacement but then thought about repairing my own. This vid has encouraged me to give it a go - Many thanks.
Very useful. I had a problem in that on my lens, as I tried to remove the aperture stop down rod/ring (as you do at 3:50 on the video) I could't take it out; it was still retained deeper in the lens, so I had to remove the two screws that attached the rod to the ring. The screws had thread-lock applied, so I had to reapply it to make sure they stayed and didn't become loose. Fiddly to reassemble, but all good in the end. Thanks for that.
Thank you!!! Thanks to your video I managed to replace it and have my lens working back!!!
Great video!!
Thanks for the video, showed what i needed. Incredibly good pointer Toby Haynes, work in a clean space. I dropped the screw that holds the brass bracket on with the spring loaded wire / ball point / contact point thingy and thought the screw fell further into the lens. I got way more intimate with the lens than I wanted to but saved me money on a new lens!
You saved me lolI took my lens to Mike's camera to see if they could fix it for me and they told me no that it was useless now. Said I might as well just throw it away. I couldn't do it. My lens has been broken for so long. Thank you sooooo much :)
Great video. Watched it through and then followed it when doing the repair. My comments echo an earlier poster. Should use a Phillips head screwdriver. The wire is attached to the pin with the black ring. If it becomes separated, remove the ring, put the end of the wire in the ring and feed it back onto the pin. Reassembly of the two inner pieces is easier if done together. Thank you for your post
Superbly demonstrated! Copied your recipe and fixed my lense :-)) You are a gift to humanity ;-)
Tip: I found it even easier with magnetic Philips screwdrivers.
finally someone who knows which screwdriver to use on a philips screw. Never use a flat screwdriver on a star head screw.
Bro can u share that product link
EXCELLENT video. Looks very easy when you did it. I found the tiny screws fiddly and took much longer, but worked brilliantly. I was quoted 60Pounds+VAT! Bayonet cost me 2.99 on Amazon. THANK YOU!
Life saver . Thanks a lot buddy. I was able to fix mine. Although I snapped the thin wire accidentally and had to solder it. Was a pain in the ass but all is well in the end
Video semplice e perfetto da seguire passo passo. sono riuscito a sostituire l'attacco a baionetta rotto senza difficoltà anche se non avevo mai messo mano ad un'obiettivo Grazie per il video
Great video! Bought the mount on Amazon. Rubbed the screw drivers on a magnet to make them magnetic, worked great! Thanks!!
Fantastic video! Got it done in 40 mins or so. Thank you
Your old bayonet ring looked JUST like mine! Nikon engineers have work to do.
actually its supposed to be like that. if you e.g. drop your camera with a steel bayonet that doesn't break the shock would transfer to somewhere inside the camera and do even bigger damage
They should make it out of metal, like Canon does.
When you slip and smash your lens on the floor/wall/person next to you, do you want it to a) snap at the mount point making it impossible to use the lens or b) damage the f-mount so that you can't get any lens to sit tightly on your camera body. The Nikon engineers have chosen (a).
Many thanks. Just fixed my lens for a second time using your video!
Thanks. This was very helpful. I would not have tacked the job without it. Its really quite fiddly. Now have a working lens again. THANKYOU
Thanks for an excellent video that helped rescue my lens!
Between your great video and my daughter's small dexterous hands, we were able to replace the bayonet mount ourselves. Thank you!
Good job nikon with it mounts. I accidentaly drop my camera. If it was made from a metal mount, my lens will be teared apart. God bless only the plastic mount is broken. By the way, what is that little cable do? I snapped it and worried.
Great video, saved me a lens- thank you very much!!
Very nice TY
the Macro action is awesome and imparts confidence to the viewer
Nice close up video work - Very well done !!
Totally saved me from dorking around with shipping this back and forth to Nikon. Of course, if I'd taken pictures as I was taking it apart a couple weeks ago... Awesome video though. Maybe have We Are The Champions in the background!
Thank you very much, saved me a lot of money. But nearly got a nervous breakdown, when the small cable teared off. But was no problem to solder it. (sorry for my bad english :-))
How did you solder it? Mine broke off too :(
Mine broke too. How did you solder it
best explained without a word good work
Awesome! Followed your steps and managed to replace the mount ring on my lens!! Thanks a lot man!
Your video was concise, easy to follow and well made. Thank you for the expenditure you saved me if I had shipped out the lens to be repaired. Kudos.
Thanks! Way better video quality and angle than all other tutorial videos. I can actually see what you're doing.
Fantastic, clear video! Tricky with all the tiny screws but worked perfectly. Thanks very much!
Excellent Video. Explain/shows each step in details. THANK YOU. It worked with 100% perfection.
Hello Luuc congratulations for the video, I wanted to ask you, that delicate thread to attach to the bayonetta, what is it for? thank you very much
Thank you, I managed to change my Nikon bayonet by following your steps.
Thank you. I just got myself a free used lens thanks to this since the previous owner wanted to throw it away.
Thanks. Extra precaution needed due to the small wire. Mine broke while double checking the spring course. I managed to weld it back and it seems to work fine now.
Matthieu Granger how did you fix it!? It happened to me as well 😔
Same here, still works though. Just need to find out how dangerous it is to use without as I'm pretty sure that's the grounding cable. Should be fine, but I'm no electrician
My lens is the NIKON DX Nikkor 55-200 AF-S 4-5.5 ED. Where can I get the mount part? I’ve always been pretty good at fixing things and your video is just perfect with telling how to do this - I think I can do this, but I don’t I need them out for that specific lens? How do I get that?
You r a very good man.. Because of your vedio I save over a 50 dollars.. Thank you from my heart 😘😘
Great video, good clarity. Really nice to have such a close up view. Took me longer than I thought but everything works. Thanks again. Appreciate your effort.
Excellent video, followed your steps and was able to fix my 18-55
Merci pour cette vidéo. Elle m'a permis de réparer mon objectif que j'avais malencontreusement fait tomber, et ceci pour la modique somme de 6 € ! Les grandes enseignes photographiques me dirigeaient plutôt vers un nouvel achat.
i thought i lost my camera for good once this oart broke on my nikon d80, but this video really helped me
You have VERY steady hands!!
Excellent video demonstration, will post result after the deed is done.
Fantastic instructional video! Lens repaired.
Excelent. Broke ground cable. Time to solder back on.
Is there a specific order to the rings? Bumped off and assembled back on aliagnment, but there are 2 gold and 2 silver.
Attaching the spring took almost an hour.
This is a great video. I've gone through it, but think I did something wrong... when I telescope the lens in (i.e. reduce zoom), there's a bit of friction/clicking. Any ideas before I take it apart again?
I was able to replace the mount using this video! Thanks a lot!
Terimakasih telah berbagi pengetahuan...goodjob
Excellent video. Helped me fixed my lens. Thanks.
Hee Luuc, bedankt voor je super filmpje! Het is me door jou gelukt mijn lens te repareren. Je moet het objectief vanaf begin in 18mm positie zetten, heb ik ervaren.
Where can you buy the new mount? Thanks great video!
Great video , can you please help me , what screw driver shall I use as really tiny screw can't undo please help thanks kindly adam
I agree great video. I found that the screws were torqued so tight that I wound up stripping them and could not get them off. Had to buy a new lens for under $200
Thank you!!! You saved me!!! I broke the Little cable but it work perfectly even without it...
this is LITERALLY the EXACT spot where my lens broke LOL i mean at this point are they meant to break this way?
thanks for the video man
Great video!! I replace mine watching it. The only thing, you could advice to be carefull with screws, because they are no all same size. Regards from Argentina!
Thank you so much for posting this! I just fixed my favorite lens!!
Excellent video!!!
tysm for this video. i jave the same problem with my 18-105, this will help me a lot.
Thank You, Thank you woooorale much for this video. The job looked intimidating but I was able to do it with your help! Thanks!!!
great tutorial, pitty I managed to break the cable at 6:40 - it's very fiddly (in fact my new bayonet had a smaller hole for my original screw, which I found out after cable snapped), but it seems lens is working without it, not sure what that thing is for ...
I’d suggest using a magnetic head on an telescoping rod, as used by mechanics. They make small ones that fit in a shirt pocket, with very strong magnets. Much easier than tweezers for removing tiny screws.
Thanks! Works great again.
Great video thanks!
where can I buy this spare part ?
After removing the bayonet mount, how hard is it to also replace the rear glass group?
I seriously need help because the bayonet mount I bought does no fit onto the part with the spring. I don't know whether the mount is not the right one or am I doing something wrong. Please help I will link a picture. thanks
The locks for the mount aren't aligned.
Does this fix the problem of the camera not taking a picture with this lens?
Easy to follow and fix myself, thank you!
Ok. So a replace the mount ring and thought I was good. Put the lens on the camera and now it won’t come off. Any tricks??
Yes...I fixed my Nikon lens. Thanks a lot!
Thank you! It is a great helper.
Many thanks, very usefull video.
Awesome job! Great clarity also. Send me your address and at no cost I will send you a magnetized philips head driver.
LOL! I was thinking the same thing, Film Lover! :) He needs a smaller pair of tweezers, too! :)
you can also just send a magnatizer and demagnetizer.. so he can use it for all of his drivers :D
can i use that with AF-P NIKKOR 70-300MM 1:4.5-6.3G ED???
What is the cost of bayonet mount of 70-300mm lens mine is broke a little bit and doesnt fit in the camera it falls off
Very helpful and well done. Thank you for sharing!!
Great video you just save me a lot of money!!!
Hey thanks a lot for making this video helped my out for changing my mount
Thank you so much for this. Huge help!
Thanks!!!!!!!! Easy to follow! The best out there!
Dude ...
My Nikor 18-55 mm 1:3.5-5.6 G Autofocus Not Work.But Manual Working Properly.Body Settings are Correct could you give Me a Solution plz
can someone tel me . which screw driver size should I have to open those 3 different types of screws ...plz help me out
hi vibhav I used screwdriver ph00 for all screws,
What for a small cable is it in the f mount?
En Amazon podré conseguir esos destornilladores??? Ayudaaaa
What is the price of bayonet mount ring nikon 70-300 mm lens
Great video i will try it.I hope to fix it.Why Nikon doe not have a metal mount?
I think it's to protect the camera.
Gualtiero Buonamassa More expensive lenses have
Fantastic video! Fair play!
Hi Excellent video. I have one question the piece you hold in your hand at 4.54 what is that called? I need one of them for an 18-55mm lens. Thank you in advance
lens bayonet
Will this approach work on other makes/brands? ex. Sigma, Canon.
Muchas gracias!
Very helpfully, thank you.
Thanks for the vid but I hit a snag right at the end. When I put the last ring into place it seems to foul the sprung section so now the lever will not snap back into place. Anyone any ideas? Otherwise it all fits fine.
I would strongly advise anyone attempting this sort of repair to invest in a set of JIS screwdrivers (Japanese Industrial Standard). Ordinary crosshead drivers are not a very good fit and you can start to damage the screw heads, making them impossible to deal with a second time. JIS match the screws the Japanese use, and make the job easy(er).
Too late to see your post. The screws were so tight that I would up breaking my screwdriver and stripping the screws.
I bought off Amazon the Bayonet Mount and the tolerances are not the same as the OEM. Anyone have a mount that they purchased that worked well on the 18-105 nikon lens? Where did you purchase please.
Excellent video man :) Thanks alot for it
great,, that was very useful for me ,, thanks
Obrigado montei minha lente com ajuda do seu vídeo fico ótima muito obrigado