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Focus ring jammed
Hi,
I picked up a 2nd hand Soligor tele lens recently. The focusing ring seems completely jammed. Unmovable. The glass is clean and the aperture stops down properly so it's worth my spending a little time fixing it. Anyone point to any tips or a web-site with instructions for cleaning, lubing and then reassembling a lens of this type - it's a 135mm short-ish tele lens? I thought for a few seconds that it might even be a fixed focus lens (it's jammed so solid) but the lens seems to be focused at a distance that wouldn't make sense as a hyperfocal length at any aperture. Thanks, Matt |
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Matthew McGrattan wrote in message . ..
Is there a high-rise building where you live? take the elevator to the top. Go out on the roof. Drop lens over the side. Make sure no-one is hurt. Hi, I picked up a 2nd hand Soligor tele lens recently. The focusing ring seems completely jammed. Unmovable. The glass is clean and the aperture stops down properly so it's worth my spending a little time fixing it. Anyone point to any tips or a web-site with instructions for cleaning, lubing and then reassembling a lens of this type - it's a 135mm short-ish tele lens? I thought for a few seconds that it might even be a fixed focus lens (it's jammed so solid) but the lens seems to be focused at a distance that wouldn't make sense as a hyperfocal length at any aperture. Thanks, Matt |
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"Matthew McGrattan" wrote in message ... No doubt I should be buying some uber-LeicaZeissNikor lens or something. But in the real world (where I am a student with no money) any lens is better than no lens (and I paid less than the price of packet of cigarette for it). Matt Chances are Matt that the lens was dropped before you purchased it. |
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On Wed, 13 Oct 2004 13:33:35 GMT, "Mike"
wrote: "Matthew McGrattan" wrote in message .. . No doubt I should be buying some uber-LeicaZeissNikor lens or something. But in the real world (where I am a student with no money) any lens is better than no lens (and I paid less than the price of packet of cigarette for it). Matt Chances are Matt that the lens was dropped before you purchased it. yeah, that is entirely possible. If I can't get it to focus then I'll just chalk it down to experience. Past experiences buying cheapo 2nd hand lenses have been mostly positive. matt |
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On Wed, 13 Oct 2004 13:33:35 GMT, "Mike"
wrote: "Matthew McGrattan" wrote in message .. . No doubt I should be buying some uber-LeicaZeissNikor lens or something. But in the real world (where I am a student with no money) any lens is better than no lens (and I paid less than the price of packet of cigarette for it). Matt Chances are Matt that the lens was dropped before you purchased it. yeah, that is entirely possible. If I can't get it to focus then I'll just chalk it down to experience. Past experiences buying cheapo 2nd hand lenses have been mostly positive. matt |
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