Congratulations! You are now eligible to join my private club. The "I don't know diddly, but I can do it myself!" club. ;-)
Don > -----Original Message----- > From: David Mann [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2006 4:13 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Reassembling A*85/1.4 > > > (Farnsworth) Good news everyone... (/Farnsworth) > > There are a couple of little metal thingies on springs that I just > needed to push out of the way. It's similar in principle to the FA > lens pics that were posted yesterday, but constructed a bit > differently (ie more expensively). > > It turned out that I needed a sharp blade to be able to do it - > anything that wasn't sharp simply couldn't get underneath the end of > the metal thing. There is a small notch in the assembly in just the > right place, obviously for this very purpose. > > http://www.digistar.com/~dmann/temp/85_repair.jpg > > Luckily I didn't need to pull the assembly apart - just get in there > with the blade, press the parts together and rotate the aperture ring > into the correct place. > > The next difficult bit was reassembling the little contact on the > mount that springs out when the lens is set to "A". This is actually > self-contained and I intended to leave it as-is but it flew apart > while I was fiddling with the rest of the assembly (it ended up on > the floor and I was lucky to find it). This was quite fiddly but I > got it together after a few frustrating minutes. > > The patient has made a full recovery and is currently sitting in its > rightful place. > http://www.digistar.com/~dmann/temp/85_on_lx.jpg > > And I'm as happy as this guy, who distracted me on the way home from > buying the paper this morning. > http://www.digistar.com/~dmann/temp/kitty.jpg > > The next step is to run a test of lens-set vs body-set aperture to > make sure I reassembled the aperture lever in the right position (or > at least close enough). I placed it right in the centre of its range > as this will minimise the potential error. If I have to disassemble > the lens again I'll be more careful :) > > - Dave the maddened scientist > > On Jan 3, 2006, at 10:33 PM, Cotty wrote: > > > On 3/1/06, David Mann, discombobulated, unleashed: > > > >> I'm not wanting to rush this so you may need to wait with baited > >> breath :) > > > > Dahhhh!! Get in there with some small screwdrivers lad! Show it > > who's boss! > > > > Cheers, > > Cotty > > > > ___/\__ > > || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche > > ||=====| http://www.cottysnaps.com > > _____________________________ >
