How do I put this back together?
Apr 10, 2015 14:46:09 #
I was given a lens with fungus and thought it would be interesting to tear it down. So my husband and my project last night was to tear it down. Can you tell he works on large machines. Obviously we didn't know what we were doing but it was interesting to see how everything works. Now I want to try and figure out how to photograph the fungus. We weren't able to get that lens out of it's housing and I don't think I can get close enough to do a macro shot.
Apr 10, 2015 14:49:19 #
Country's Mama wrote:
I was given a lens with fungus and thought it would be interesting to tear it down. So my husband and my project last night was to tear it down. Can you tell he works on large machines. Obviously we didn't know what we were doing but it was interesting to see how everything works. Now I want to try and figure out how to photograph the fungus. We weren't able to get that lens out of it's housing and I don't think I can get close enough to do a macro shot.
I don't see the hammer.
Apr 10, 2015 15:07:51 #
Love it! I have the exact same channel lock pliers and the same screw driver with the red swivel top.
Had a similar experience with a laptop a few weeks ago. My granddaughter's hand-me-down-from-me Toshiba laptop died. Every effort to fix it failed. Short of throwing cash at it, it was deemed un-repairable. We turned it into a learning event by dissecting it. I had no idea how large the heat sink for an i5 CPU had to be.
Had a similar experience with a laptop a few weeks ago. My granddaughter's hand-me-down-from-me Toshiba laptop died. Every effort to fix it failed. Short of throwing cash at it, it was deemed un-repairable. We turned it into a learning event by dissecting it. I had no idea how large the heat sink for an i5 CPU had to be.
Apr 10, 2015 15:08:23 #
elwynn wrote:
I don't see the hammer.
I don't believe a hammer was needed. This was delicate business. :-D The tin snips is not pictures though as one was needed.
Apr 10, 2015 15:09:40 #
bsprague wrote:
Love it! I have the exact same channel lock pliers and the same screw driver with the red swivel top.
Had a similar experience with a laptop a few weeks ago. My granddaughter's hand-me-down-from-me Toshiba laptop died. Every effort to fix it failed. Short of throwing cash at it, it was deemed un-repairable. We turned it into a learning event by dissecting it. I had no idea how large the heat sink for an i5 CPU had to be.
Had a similar experience with a laptop a few weeks ago. My granddaughter's hand-me-down-from-me Toshiba laptop died. Every effort to fix it failed. Short of throwing cash at it, it was deemed un-repairable. We turned it into a learning event by dissecting it. I had no idea how large the heat sink for an i5 CPU had to be.
How else are you suppose to learn?
Apr 10, 2015 15:25:59 #
Unless it was really severe, fungus shouldn't have been a problem as far as picture quality. I have a Nikkor 135mm ai lens that has a fair dose of fungus and it actually does a pretty good job. I am sure that if a I had a $10,000 machine of some kind to do a test on the lens, it would detect it, but to the naked eye, I can't find a diff in the pics.
I have seen postings by people who sent a lens to Rick's discount camera repair (he is a hogger, btw)to have fungus removed and said he did a good job for a very reasonable price.
At least you had the fun of taking it apart.
I have seen postings by people who sent a lens to Rick's discount camera repair (he is a hogger, btw)to have fungus removed and said he did a good job for a very reasonable price.
At least you had the fun of taking it apart.
Apr 10, 2015 15:32:27 #
Apr 10, 2015 15:35:45 #
nikon_jon wrote:
Unless it was really severe, fungus shouldn't have... (show quote)
This lens was given to me to try and sell. I took it into the local camera shot and confirmed what I suspected about the fungus. The lens wasn't worth much if anything in the first place. I don't have a camera it fits on and couldn't in good conscience pass it on to someone else knowing it was infected. It gave us something to do together for an evening. We started out carefully, but as you can see resorted to extreme means to get the last bits apart. The lens will be kept for the grandkids to play around with when they start learning about how the eye works and such things. Shoot to two of us were having a good time looking through them and seeing what each did.
Apr 10, 2015 15:36:57 #
Apr 10, 2015 15:40:01 #
I did that with an old Practica 35mm camera once. Absolutely nothing lost and gained the satisfaction of knowing it was done for good and nobody would try to resurrect it. What a piece of junk those cameras were.
Apr 10, 2015 15:40:33 #
Judy, what a great idea!! I would love to try that too. I'll keep my eyes open for a lens that's real cheap and give it a try as well.
Apr 10, 2015 15:54:23 #
LaurenT wrote:
Judy, what a great idea!! I would love to try that too. I'll keep my eyes open for a lens that's real cheap and give it a try as well.
Since we did not have the proper tools it took some brute strength to get some of it apart. The screws were buggers to get out. So when you fine your lens you may have to get hubby to donate some strength. :)
Apr 10, 2015 15:55:47 #
Country's Mama wrote:
I was given a lens with fungus and thought it would be interesting to tear it down. So my husband and my project last night was to tear it down. Can you tell he works on large machines. Obviously we didn't know what we were doing but it was interesting to see how everything works. Now I want to try and figure out how to photograph the fungus. We weren't able to get that lens out of it's housing and I don't think I can get close enough to do a macro shot.
As I have read in manuals very often, "Reassembly is the reverse of disassembly." :D
Apr 10, 2015 15:56:01 #
nikon_jon wrote:
I did that with an old Practica 35mm camera once. Absolutely nothing lost and gained the satisfaction of knowing it was done for good and nobody would try to resurrect it. What a piece of junk those cameras were.
It gives me a better understand on how my lens are put together and how they work. Nothing ventured nothing gained. I may find a use for those old lens down the road as well.
Apr 10, 2015 15:58:32 #
Country's Mama wrote:
We weren't able to get that lens out of it's housing...
Be patient and place an order.
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_c_0_10?url=search-alias%3Delectronics&field-keywords=lens+tools&sprefix=lens+tools%2Caps%2C192
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