chris91387
Well-known
hello all,
for some reason i have a desire to pick up some old nikon mount lenses and take them apart to play around with them and "experiment".
anyone know of a good place to start on information about how to do this or do i just get some jewelers tools and start unscrewing things?
thanks,
chris
for some reason i have a desire to pick up some old nikon mount lenses and take them apart to play around with them and "experiment".
anyone know of a good place to start on information about how to do this or do i just get some jewelers tools and start unscrewing things?
thanks,
chris
ClaremontPhoto
Jon Claremont
Taking old lenses apart is dead simple.
No worries.
Reassembling them is a bit trickier.
No worries.
Reassembling them is a bit trickier.
Look for the Thomas Tomosy book on Nikon camera service.
Dunk
Established
RichA
Member
At a minimum, you need jeweller's screwdrivers (decent ones, not the Walmart $5 junk) and a retaining ring remover (like a wide-spaced, two-bladed flat screw driver that also comes with round, pointed blades) they cost about $40 from specialty tool houses. Acetone and varsol for cleaning grease (be careful with it around paint/plastic) and windex (most old coatings are mag-fluoride and windex is harmless to them) for lenses. A good pair of tweezers is also helpful. Plus, grease to replace what you removed. Thick consistency lithium is good as it is relatively insensitive to temperature changes.
Daan
Established
http://www.pentax-manuals.com/repairs.htm
this site provides information on how to take apart jupiter lenses, maybe it will help you with nikon lenses to.
this site provides information on how to take apart jupiter lenses, maybe it will help you with nikon lenses to.
wjlapier
Well-known
I had an extra Nikkor 50/2 lens I took apart for pretty much the same reason you did. When I removed the f mount and a few other things, about 1000 ballbearings spilled all over the place! The lens is now a loupe for viewing slides, but lesson learned.
In the last two days I disassembled two Cine-Kodak lenses to get them to focus again. Seller said the the focus was frozen and so figured I might get a decent lens for cheap if I could fix it, and maybe learn something. Old grease turned to glue was all is was. And one lens was modified to focus only at infinity and was secured with a screw. Remove the screw ( it was hidden under an adapter ) and voila, lens focus ring not frozen, but still needed the old grease removed. I haven't gone so far as to remove elements, but I might if I find a reason to and it won't cost me to much.
In the last two days I disassembled two Cine-Kodak lenses to get them to focus again. Seller said the the focus was frozen and so figured I might get a decent lens for cheap if I could fix it, and maybe learn something. Old grease turned to glue was all is was. And one lens was modified to focus only at infinity and was secured with a screw. Remove the screw ( it was hidden under an adapter ) and voila, lens focus ring not frozen, but still needed the old grease removed. I haven't gone so far as to remove elements, but I might if I find a reason to and it won't cost me to much.