Opening the front of Konica Hexanon AR 50mm f1.7

Rigel · Joined: 26 Nov 2015 Posts: 121 Location: Belgium

Konica Hexanon AR 50mm f1.7 (AE, latest build according to the buhla site)

Does anyone know of a "visual" guide, somewhere, on how to open and remove the front lens element(s) for this lens ? (I'm not extremely brave in this respect!)
I bought one (cheap) and upon meticulous exploring the glass it seems to have something like the dried mark of a what could have been a water (condensation?) drop inside the front element. It is very difficult to visualize but it certainly is there. I certainly hope it is not fungus but it does not have the distinctive "texture" of that.

I seem not to be able to find anything beyond a simple and not very detailed verbal descriptive procedure or a method to open the back whcih doesn't help much of course.

Thanks for any pointers !

hasan · Joined: 12 Mar 2007 Posts: 313

http://forum.mflenses.com/need-guide-how-to-dissasemble-konica-hexanon-ar-50mm-f1-7-t54099.html

or this: http://www.rangefinderforum.com/classics/forum/messages/6900/5758.html?1135880346
and http://www.rangefinderforum.com/classics/forum/messages/15681/10853.html?1203458068 (look for Nikos descriptions please!)

or best go here: https://www.google.de/search?q=Hexanon+AR+50mm+f1.7&oq=Hexanon+AR+50mm+f1.7&aqs=chrome..69i57j69i61&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8#q=hexanon+ar+50mm+f1.7+disassembly

Rigel · Joined: 26 Nov 2015 Posts: 121 Location: Belgium

Thanks but I found all those with google ... or the links are broken or, as I said, the info is minimal descriptive in a verbal way ... no clear cut solutions I'm afraid.

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Rigel · Joined: 26 Nov 2015 Posts: 121 Location: Belgium

hasan · Joined: 12 Mar 2007 Posts: 313

Rigel · Joined: 26 Nov 2015 Posts: 121 Location: Belgium

I did try to send a PM to this person Wink

PS thanks for digging up the dpreview thread ! Like 1 small