That was nice and clean. I have an olympus lens with fungus that could not be removed. Left the peroxide sit for a few hours and the coating became etched and the fungus marks remained. Do you recommend a only a short soak with peroxide and wash off with water.
Thank you for your comment. There are various types of fungus, one that remain the fungus marks and one that does not. If it penetrates deeply into the lens, mold marks will remain. The type of mold that develops is disappointing in the case of point molds that infiltrate deeply in the vertical direction, but in most cases mold marks remain. In the case of thread mold that spreads sideways, even if there are many molds like Takumar 1.4 / 50 in my video, no mold marks will remain. Thank you.
i ve a problem with my takumar, is the same of your model.. the ring of the distance, the one connected to the focus ring, it is not more joined with the focus ring.. Do you know how are they joint together?
Hi , I have a general question, how do you keep track of the lens direction for reassembly? I leave the out direction up. Or you can draw a outline of each element. Do you think it is necessary to clean the metal interior of the lens body? The spores could be inside.
Hello. When reassembling the lens, I try to remember what it was like when the lens was removed. I keep in mind that the top and bottom (front and back) of the removed lens are not reversed. If I assemble it differently, I will do a trial shoot after assembling, so I can see the mistake at that point. Because it is out of focus. Lol In this case I disassembled again and maybe the wrong lens To restore. It is ideal to clean the inside of the lens barrel, but it is too time consuming and time consuming so I won't do that. This is because even if you clean the lens only, a large amount of mold will not suddenly occur if it is stored in a moistureproof cabinet after that. Thank you.
Excellent job but I have a question on a related subject: Some vintage lenses have a number of scratches and or nicks to the metal housing/rings/etc. Is there an accepted practice to touch up/recoat/repair these scratches? As a general rule what type of metal are the housings made of? They do not seem to be magnetic and I have ruled out silver, gold and platinum :-) I have been considering using products made for touching up vintage firearms: Birchwood Casey Aluminum Black Birchwood Casey Brass Black Birchwood Casey Super Blue (for steel ... not stainless) Birchwood Casey Flat Black Paint Pen
Thank you for your comment. Focus ring repair can be divided into repairable lenses and non-repairable lenses, depending on the degree of the problem. I think the point is whether you can get replacement parts. Thank you.
Hi from Colombia! Could you tell me what is the name of the orange tool that you are using to extract the crystals without touching them with your fingers. Thanks!! :)
Thank you for your comment. That orange tool is called "lens sucker" in Japan. It is sold at Amazon in Japan, the manufacturer name is UN and the product number is UN-0611. I pasted the Amazon URL below. Thank you. www.amazon.co.jp/ユーエヌ-UN-0611-ユ%EF%BC%8Dエヌ-レンズサッカー/dp/B004NYJKNM/ref=sr_1_3?__mk_ja_JP=%E3%82%AB%E3%82%BF%E3%82%AB%E3%83%8A&dchild=1&keywords=%E3%82%AB%E3%83%A1%E3%83%A9+%E3%83%AC%E3%83%B3%E3%82%BA%E3%82%B5%E3%83%83%E3%82%AB%E3%83%BC&qid=1594385034&sr=8-3
It's called "lens sucker" in Japan. For reference, I will paste the Amazon sales page below. Thank you. ↓ ↓ ↓ www.amazon.co.jp/%E3%83%A6%E3%83%BC%E3%82%A8%E3%83%8C-UN-0611-%E3%83%A6%EF%BC%8D%E3%82%A8%E3%83%8C-%E3%83%AC%E3%83%B3%E3%82%BA%E3%82%B5%E3%83%83%E3%82%AB%E3%83%BC/dp/B004NYJKNM/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&ie=UTF8&keywords=%E3%83%AC%E3%83%B3%E3%82%BA%E3%82%B5%E3%83%83%E3%82%AB%E3%83%BC&language=en_US&qid=1594910322&sr=8-3
Need more videos like this, teach me lots. Thanks.
Nice video. Looking forward for the next one. Thanks
Great job! Thank you for the video.
Thanks for sharing this nice video...really appreciate your good effort. Keep it up. All the best.
Do you have to be careful of radiation when opening these lenses? Or is it not a problem because repairing is a rare occasion?
Great video! Thank you for sharing :)
Thank you sir!
do you have a video on cleaning Auto Takumar 55? thank you
How long do you let elements sit in HP? Too much will eat up the coatings so its important to know. Thank you
That was nice and clean. I have an olympus lens with fungus that could not be removed. Left the peroxide sit for a few hours and the coating became etched and the fungus marks remained. Do you recommend a only a short soak with peroxide and wash off with water.
Thank you for your comment.
There are various types of fungus, one that remain the fungus marks and one that does not.
If it penetrates deeply into the lens, mold marks will remain.
The type of mold that develops is disappointing in the case of point molds that infiltrate deeply in the vertical direction, but in most cases mold marks remain.
In the case of thread mold that spreads sideways, even if there are many molds like Takumar 1.4 / 50 in my video, no mold marks will remain.
Thank you.
Very helpful! Ive managed to clean the first elements, but I cant open the back of the lens, how did you remove the mount?
i ve a problem with my takumar, is the same of your model.. the ring of the distance, the one connected to the focus ring, it is not more joined with the focus ring.. Do you know how are they joint together?
Hi , I have a general question, how do you keep track of the lens direction for reassembly? I leave the out direction up. Or you can draw a outline of each element. Do you think it is necessary to clean the metal interior of the lens body? The spores could be inside.
Hello.
When reassembling the lens, I try to remember what it was like when the lens was removed.
I keep in mind that the top and bottom (front and back) of the removed lens are not reversed.
If I assemble it differently, I will do a trial shoot after assembling, so I can see the mistake at that point.
Because it is out of focus. Lol
In this case I disassembled again and maybe the wrong lens
To restore.
It is ideal to clean the inside of the lens barrel, but it is too time consuming and time consuming so I won't do that.
This is because even if you clean the lens only, a large amount of mold will not suddenly occur if it is stored in a moistureproof cabinet after that.
Thank you.
Nice video :) , i Have the takumar 85 f1.8 it has some fungus and i want to clean it , is it complicated ??
Can't see what he is doing. Hand and arm in front of lens and camera.
Hi regards from argentina! I have one question, how did you take out the information ring of the front... ??? Thanks
Thanks for your comment!
Rotate the name plate on the front with a rubber ring to remove it.
Thank you.
Please clean my beloved Takumar lens! ❤
Thanks for your comment !
Excellent job but I have a question on a related subject:
Some vintage lenses have a number of scratches and or nicks to the metal housing/rings/etc. Is there an accepted practice to touch up/recoat/repair these scratches?
As a general rule what type of metal are the housings made of?
They do not seem to be magnetic and I have ruled out silver, gold and platinum :-)
I have been considering using products made for touching up vintage firearms:
Birchwood Casey Aluminum Black
Birchwood Casey Brass Black
Birchwood Casey Super Blue (for steel ... not stainless)
Birchwood Casey Flat Black Paint Pen
Hi, great video thank you! Any idea if 6% would be good or too strong?
Thanks
Joe
Just dilute 1:1 with distilled water and you have 3%
Is it possible to repair that specific lens' focus ring? I have one that is a little bashed in and will no longer turn... and love that sweater!
Thank you for your comment.
Focus ring repair can be divided into repairable lenses and non-repairable lenses, depending on the degree of the problem.
I think the point is whether you can get replacement parts.
Thank you.
Wait, how did you clean the back lens? No dip? Also, how long would you dip the lenses before taking out and wipe? Thanks!
Thank you for your comment.
I always dipped the lens in H2O2 hydrogen peroxide for about 5-10 minutes.
It's always roughly. Lol
Hi from Colombia! Could you tell me what is the name of the orange tool that you are using to extract the crystals without touching them with your fingers. Thanks!! :)
Thank you for your comment.
That orange tool is called "lens sucker" in Japan.
It is sold at Amazon in Japan, the manufacturer name is UN and the product number is UN-0611.
I pasted the Amazon URL below.
Thank you.
www.amazon.co.jp/ユーエヌ-UN-0611-ユ%EF%BC%8Dエヌ-レンズサッカー/dp/B004NYJKNM/ref=sr_1_3?__mk_ja_JP=%E3%82%AB%E3%82%BF%E3%82%AB%E3%83%8A&dchild=1&keywords=%E3%82%AB%E3%83%A1%E3%83%A9+%E3%83%AC%E3%83%B3%E3%82%BA%E3%82%B5%E3%83%83%E3%82%AB%E3%83%BC&qid=1594385034&sr=8-3
@@tomoo_japan9110 Found it on Amazon US but it seems a bit overpriced for what it is.
www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00H121BF8
Whats the name of the rubber tool for take the firt ring out? Thank you
It's called "lens sucker" in Japan.
For reference, I will paste the Amazon sales page below.
Thank you.
↓ ↓ ↓
www.amazon.co.jp/%E3%83%A6%E3%83%BC%E3%82%A8%E3%83%8C-UN-0611-%E3%83%A6%EF%BC%8D%E3%82%A8%E3%83%8C-%E3%83%AC%E3%83%B3%E3%82%BA%E3%82%B5%E3%83%83%E3%82%AB%E3%83%BC/dp/B004NYJKNM/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&ie=UTF8&keywords=%E3%83%AC%E3%83%B3%E3%82%BA%E3%82%B5%E3%83%83%E3%82%AB%E3%83%BC&language=en_US&qid=1594910322&sr=8-3
@zizzy Since rubber gloves are thin, they are very comfortable to use.
Thank you !