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PostPosted: Sat Jan 11, 2014 3:52 am    Post subject: Lens Repair Course Reply with quote
hi,

Does anyone know where you can find a credible and affordable lens repair course?

I am aware there are random clips on youtube, but I am looking for something more structured that can cover variety of lens brands.


PostPosted: Sat Jan 11, 2014 6:45 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Cheapest and probably most effective way is to obtain a pile of cheap junk lenses and have at them.
There were camera repair courses at one time with professional certifications and everything, but those seem to all have gone away.


PostPosted: Sat Jan 11, 2014 9:15 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
luisalegria wrote:
Cheapest and probably most effective way is to obtain a pile of cheap junk lenses and have at them.



+1


PostPosted: Sat Jan 11, 2014 10:54 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
the ability to repair a variety of lenses is only going to come with years of experience actually working on them. I doubt any reasonably
lengthed course could ever teach you as much as experience would.


PostPosted: Sat Jan 11, 2014 11:46 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Here is something you will need:

1. Proper tools. Apart from some basic tools like lens spanners, screw drivers and plastic ring openers. Different lenses may require different tailor-made tools.

2. Different type of lubricants for different parts and different lenses.

3. Some junk lenses to practice.

4. A notebook to drop down notes and a camera to take photos/videos when serving lens.

5. An open mind and lots of space time.

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PostPosted: Sat Jan 11, 2014 11:50 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Start with something relatively easy to work on like a Helios 44-2, strip it down and clean and lube it, then put it back together again.
It will educate you on how lenses function(iris blades, aperture systems, main and secondary helicoids, etc...) and if you get in too deep and can't get it together again I can help, I can probably strip, clean, lube, and reassemble one in 20 minutes(not counting the aperture).
After you can do the Helios comfortably, I'd move to the Canon FD 50/1.4 next, it's a more complicated design but still relatively easy vs other lenses out there.


PostPosted: Sat Jan 11, 2014 12:17 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I understand that experience is the best teacher. However, I am not an engineer by profession or inclination. This was my dad's fortay. He was a genius electrical engineer. May his soul return swiftly to this world to build the next warp drive. ME? I am a writer and as of recently a dedicated photographer. It would be quiet a challenge for me to go at it alone without at least some basic educational instruction and a teacher that can at least walk me through the basics. Thankfully, when I saught to learn flying I was told it wasn't a fly by the seat of your pants process even though technically and really it is cause no pilot wants to fly squatting or standing Wink.


PostPosted: Sat Jan 11, 2014 12:47 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
maldaye........Have you tried using a Dictionary instead of using words you can't spell?.


PostPosted: Sat Jan 11, 2014 12:50 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I flew for 9years with RAF,our maxim was..Take off is optional..Landing is mandatory.


PostPosted: Sat Jan 11, 2014 1:59 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
kryss wrote:
maldaye........Have you tried using a Dictionary instead of using words you can't spell?.


Maldaye writes quite well, thank you very much. Moreover, the matter at hand is a lens repair course, not a spelling one. We all make the occasional typo, so why be rude when you don’t have to?


PostPosted: Sat Jan 11, 2014 2:13 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
You profess to be a writer? fortay..saught ? sloppy ignorance or delusion of grandeur.


PostPosted: Sat Jan 11, 2014 3:21 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
kryss wrote:
You profess to be a writer? fortay..saught ? sloppy ignorance or delusion of grandeur.


You’re wrong Kryss. As someone for whom the written word is a matter of daily bread, I assure you that, in contrast to your patronizing tone, neither “fortay” nor “sought” reflect “sloppy ignorance or delusion of grandeur”. The former is an innocent slip of mind common to all who write professionally and catching such instances is exactly why documents are re-read several times before going to print; the latter is the past participle of the verb “to seek”. Incidentally, as the existence of the word “sought” seems to have escaped you, perhaps reaching for a dictionary would be of some benefit to you as well?


PostPosted: Sat Jan 11, 2014 4:29 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
And perhaps you should note his spelling, which I was commenting on, and for your information I have an excellent command of the English language.


PostPosted: Sat Jan 11, 2014 4:50 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
kryss wrote:
And perhaps you should note his spelling, which I was commenting on, and for your information I have an excellent command of the English language.


I did. I just don't think it is worth making a hullabaloo about. Command of the English language, excellent or otherwise, is not the issue here. Pity you can't see that.


PostPosted: Sat Jan 11, 2014 5:30 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Where ignorance is bliss,'tis folly to be wise.


PostPosted: Sat Jan 11, 2014 7:53 pm    Post subject: Youtube. Reply with quote
maldaye wrote:
I understand that experience is the best teacher. However, I am not an engineer by profession or inclination. This was my dad's fortay. He was a genius electrical engineer. May his soul return swiftly to this world to build the next warp drive. ME? I am a writer and as of recently a dedicated photographer. It would be quiet a challenge for me to go at it alone without at least some basic educational instruction and a teacher that can at least walk me through the basics. Thankfully, when I saught to learn flying I was told it wasn't a fly by the seat of your pants process even though technically and really it is cause no pilot wants to fly squatting or standing Wink.


One suggestion that may work for you - search for lens repair, clean, lube etc. videos on youtube. Then pick one that is well done and about a lens that you can get for cheap and follow the video. There are great (and not so great) instructional videos by random people on youtube that teach you how to fix just about anything. For people who are less technically inclined, and really for anyone, the visuals help a lot. I recently replaced the power window control unit on my car, had no idea how to take parts of the door panel off to get to it until I watched a 30 second video. After that, the replacement was done in 5 minutes Smile


PostPosted: Mon Jan 13, 2014 12:10 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
kryss wrote:
Where ignorance is bliss,'tis folly to be wise.

Please shut up. You contribute noise to the forum.
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