Oh maaan, I did a repair on this lens myself a couple of months ago. Ran into new problems every move I made. It took me over 12 hours in total, this video would have helped me greatly if it had been online then 😂. In the end I got it done, only thing is that the focus throw is alot shorter than it used to be, but I cant figure out how to fix that 😭
That's a pity. Got this from a guy in US, spend 4h to redo the lens anew. This is the last part of the restoration, I'll post the helicoid video in the future, otherwise you can access it thru the channel membership. Cheers.
Have you ever put ball bearings back into a lens? I have a FD 85mm f1.2L that I need to do this too. But just trying to get a sense of this from anyone and any lens before I ever try to fix this wonderful lens.
Hi, I did that once for a lens, and a few times for other mechanical stuff. The difficult part is to get the balls to hold in place. So, what you can do is to use a grease that is a bit sticky (lens grease should do), mix it with the balls, then with tweezers (non-magnetic ones) you can place the balls in position. The grease will make them hold and make them also lens bouncy. For the working surface, use a white cloth. Cheers.
Can anyone help me? Ive completely taken the diaphragma apart, thoroughly cleaning it. After a couple of weeks I started to see some oil again and now after half a year its completely stuck again. Where is this oil coming from??
It's the oil from the grease of the helicoid that is separating. Eventually the grease will loose all its oil, leaving you with only the soap. You'll need to disassemble, remove all grease, and re-grease. I have a video explaining that. Best.
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Another jewel 💎!!! Congrats🤙👏👍🇦🇷
Thanks my friend, Very happy to put a such great lens back in the game.
will you do a nikkor noct 58 1.2 disassembly & cleaning video?
@@WILMORENO do you want me to do yours? Best.
@@diyextravaganza possibly, where are you located?
@@diyextravaganza ah just saw this. Btw I did it myself yesterday 😎 everything is good now
@@WILMORENO fantastic then.
Oh maaan, I did a repair on this lens myself a couple of months ago. Ran into new problems every move I made. It took me over 12 hours in total, this video would have helped me greatly if it had been online then 😂. In the end I got it done, only thing is that the focus throw is alot shorter than it used to be, but I cant figure out how to fix that 😭
That's a pity. Got this from a guy in US, spend 4h to redo the lens anew. This is the last part of the restoration, I'll post the helicoid video in the future, otherwise you can access it thru the channel membership. Cheers.
@@diyextravaganza oh that would be amazing, ill keep an eye out for that video!
Have you ever put ball bearings back into a lens? I have a FD 85mm f1.2L that I need to do this too. But just trying to get a sense of this from anyone and any lens before I ever try to fix this wonderful lens.
Hi, I did that once for a lens, and a few times for other mechanical stuff. The difficult part is to get the balls to hold in place. So, what you can do is to use a grease that is a bit sticky (lens grease should do), mix it with the balls, then with tweezers (non-magnetic ones) you can place the balls in position. The grease will make them hold and make them also lens bouncy. For the working surface, use a white cloth. Cheers.
That is a genius idea. I will use the grease trick. Thanks so much man.
@@diyextravaganza
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Thanks my friend !
Can anyone help me? Ive completely taken the diaphragma apart, thoroughly cleaning it. After a couple of weeks I started to see some oil again and now after half a year its completely stuck again. Where is this oil coming from??
It's the oil from the grease of the helicoid that is separating. Eventually the grease will loose all its oil, leaving you with only the soap. You'll need to disassemble, remove all grease, and re-grease. I have a video explaining that. Best.
Oh dear, not looking forward to doing all that again, but I guess I have no choice. Where can I find that regreasing video?
@@Midas87hahahaha, the second and subsequent times it is a lot easier, here th-cam.com/video/STpxwzfm4SE/w-d-xo.html
@@diyextravaganza you’re a life safer 🙏
@@diyextravaganza also very helpful! But its not the regrease video 😬😅