35-70mm f/3.3-4.5 AiS My First Nikkor In 1985, I recalled I walked into one of my favourite shops and saw…
Nikon 50mm f/1.4 Ai Disassembly and Cleaning
Nikon Df and the cleaned 50mm f/1.4 Ai Return of an old friend I have always had fond memories of…
Fujinon 55mm f/1.8 M42 (Early Version) Disassembly and Cleaning
The lens with adapter on Fujifilm X-E1 The lens is a standard lens released with ST701 in 1970. As I…
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Fujinon 55mm f/1.8 M42 Early Version. I am a Nikon user, and by far most of what I do would…
80-200mm f/4.5 Zoom-Nikkor.C Disassembly and Cleaning
Synopsis (26 December 2016): Optical elements disassembled and cleaned, mostly for fungus and dirt. Zoom slap, main lens barrel and…
Minolta MD Zoom 35-70mm f/3.5 Disassembly and Cleaning
Reminiscence I remember during my secondary school (high school) days I was already hooked on photography, but my family just…
50mm f/1.8 Nikon Lens Series E – Disassembly and Cleaning (updated 1 Apr 2017)
(Update – expanded on disassembly and cleaning, and added section on helicoids – 1 April 2017) I have been looking…
28mm f/2.8 Nikon Lens Series E – Cleaning
In a previous post I showed how to disassemble and clean a 36-72mm f/3.5 Nikon Lens Series E, going all…
Rikenon XR 50mm f/2 S – Fungus Cleaning
Update: 17 Nov 2016 – added photos taken with this lens using a Fujifilm X-E1. The topic of today’s disassembly…
