Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/10/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I still vividly recall the time I took my Minolta 58/1.2 lens apart. These little ball bearings just went FLYING EVERYWHERE, mostly ending up in my carpet (of course, where else?). And when I managed to get the thing back together, the infinity mark didn't line up correctly. Never Again! Dan C. ps...I actually did have a reason, the aperture blades were stuck. At 03:57 PM 02-10-00 -0400, Buzz Hausner wrote: >...oh, yes, one more thing. Any gibbon can take a lens apart. It is my >contention that it takes a much higher order primate than I to put it back >together. > > Buzz > >-----Original Message----- >From: Lee, Jonathan [mailto:Jonathan.Lee@hrcc.on.ca] >Sent: Monday, October 02, 2000 3:19 PM >To: 'leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us' >Subject: RE: [Leica] Summarit take apart? > > >Buzz, > >You don't need to be specially trained to take the lens groups apart. >Provided you do not try to unglue cemented elements or to take the aperture >blades apart, you really can't ruin a lens. A lens is (simply put) nothing >much more than some threaded pieces screwed together and with some retaining >screws put in. If you have any mechanical aptitude, you can take a lens, >even a Lecia lens, apart. > >Jonathan Lee > >-----Original Message----- >From: Buzz Hausner [mailto:Buzz@marianmanor.org] >Sent: Monday, October 02, 2000 2:03 PM >To: 'leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us' >Subject: RE: [Leica] Summarit take apart? > > >Why in the world would anyone want to disassemble her or his own lens? This >sort of question comes up from time to time, and it seems to me that unless >one is trained in the arcana of lens construction and the proper array of >diaphragm blades this is an endeavor best left to those who are. On the >other hand, those doing the disassembly may consider this a learning >opportunity and have no interest in the quality of the lens once it is more >or less put back together...to those of you I apologize now. > > Buzz Hausner > >-----Original Message----- >From: george kase [mailto:gkase@ccfc.com] >Sent: Monday, October 02, 2000 1:45 PM >To: leica-users-digest@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >Subject: [Leica] Summarit take apart? > > >Can anyone assist me in figuring out how to >completely disassemble my LTM Summarit lens? >I can't figure out how to get the rear elements apart. >there doesn't appear to be any slots to unscrew, etc. >any guidance would be appreciated. If you wish to reply >off list please contact me at gkase1@yahoo.com >thanks >George Kase > >