Nikon AIS lens repair

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There has been a good thread on Leica repair persons. Does anyone have recommendations on repairs to Nikon manual focus SLR lenses? Thanks,
 
You might give Jim a call at Vermont Camera repair. He's wonderful on Nikon cameras and could possibly help you with your lens.

Website: vermontcamera.com

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Nikon is still making quite a few of the old AIs lenses. I'd say they're still repairing them since they still make many of them. I think it sort of depends on the cost of another used one as to whether it's worth the cost of repair.
 
Lots of internal parts that could wear on the Ai-s series lenses are designed to be replaced rather than adjusted, and nikon makes/made a lot of spare parts. I'd try APS they were aNikon official repair station and unless its a 300mm f/2 they've got spare parts.
 
Used these Guy's for an overhaul on my Nikon 50mm f1.4 Ais lens. Great work and quick turnaround.

email: cpsinc@camrepair.com

Address:
California Precision Service
1714 28th Street
Sacramento, CA, 95816

Phone: 916-451-1330
 
lewis44 said:
Used these Guy's for an overhaul on my Nikon 50mm f1.4 Ais lens. Great work and quick turnaround.

email: cpsinc@camrepair.com

Address:
California Precision Service
1714 28th Street
Sacramento, CA, 95816

Phone: 916-451-1330
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Do you mind sharing roughly what it cost. I have a 50 1.4 and 35 1.4 with stiff focus. I just do t want to spend $100 on a $75 lens. The 35 is worth cleaning but not sure the 50 is.
 
x-ray said:
Do you mind sharing roughly what it cost. I have a 50 1.4 and 35 1.4 with stiff focus. I just do t want to spend $100 on a $75 lens. The 35 is worth cleaning but not sure the 50 is.
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Think it was about $75.00 but I had it completely disassembled and cleaned and 1 aperture blade replaced
 
x-ray said:
Do you mind sharing roughly what it cost. I have a 50 1.4 and 35 1.4 with stiff focus. I just do t want to spend $100 on a $75 lens. The 35 is worth cleaning but not sure the 50 is.
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I did clean and lube many Nikon SLR manual focus lenses. Usually the careful and documented removal of the rear flange provides acces to the helicoil.
 
Thanks for the replies. I have tried Nikon, and each time I got the lens back with a "we don't have parts anymore" note. That applied to an 80-200 f4.0, a 24 f2.0, and a 135 f2.0, so I've pretty well given up on them. I will call or email some of the suggested repair services and see what they say.
 
I would find it very odd that there would be no parts for the 35mm f/1.4 Ais. This is still in their catalog.
 
Authorized Photo Service in Morton Grove, IL still had replacement eyepiece elements for my Nikon F plain prism, when the original eyepiece doublet decemented. They've also serviced my very vintage 135 f/4 non-AI and 50 f/2 HC AI lens. This was about 2014.
 
Send them to Sover Wong, he is an expert repairer and serviced several of my lenses and 3 cameras perfectly. He is in the UK so postage may add to the cost. His website has pricing on it for cameras here. I did not see lens repair costs but they maybe there. he is responsive to email.

if you are handy with a screwdriver then youtube has several guides, mikeno62 is my go-to source, here he is servicing the focus on a 35mm F2.8 - the steps will be similar for all Nikkors.
kevin
 
I have extensive experience with Nikkors and the 35mm f/1.4 in particular and I seriously recommend NOT messing with it unless you've done enough on your own to be comfortable. Its a very complex lens with the CRC wedged in to a very tight barrel design and its more easy than you think to mess things up. ON a scale of 1-10 with 10 being the most difficult the Ai-S version is about a 7-8. In the example video the 35mm f/2.8 is about a 3.
 
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I have extensive experience with Nikkors and the 35mm f/1.4 in particular and I seriously recommend NOT messing with it unless you've done enough on your own to be comfortable. Its a very complex lens with the CRC wedged in to a very tight barrel design and its more easy than you think to mess things up. ON a scale of 1-10 with 10 being the most difficult the Ai-S version is about a 7-8. In the example video the 35mm f/2.8 is about a 3.
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