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Zuiko 50mm 1.8 help please
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PostPosted: Sat Apr 11, 2009 10:38 pm    Post subject: Zuiko 50mm 1.8 help please Reply with quote

I have a 50mm with funges between the first and second element on one copy and funges on the back element of another copy

I got the front group out but it seems to be one solid metal piece with the group crimped or moulded in and impossible to seperate
i have tapped it sucked it, friction drived it but it is STUCK
Any experience or advice please

the other lens back group has a plastic retainer ring that can be reached from the back with grooves for a lens spanner but it only rotates 45 degrees and then locks , this is the more recent one with "made in japan" on the front ring


PostPosted: Sun Apr 12, 2009 4:44 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

have you got the schematics of the lens
http://olympus.dementia.org/Hardware/olympus_hw.html


PostPosted: Sun Apr 12, 2009 7:28 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks Poilu

I tried that site on 2 occasions but browser says it doesnt exist anymore
Maybe they are not accessable at this moment


PostPosted: Sun Apr 12, 2009 7:48 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Seems deleted, it's a pity and I didn't grab them Crying or Very sad
I am sure someone from MFlenses got those pdf and can make them available


PostPosted: Sun Apr 12, 2009 2:30 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Many Japanese lens is glued and un-cleanable. Use with fungus it will not impact lens IQ and if you store right it will not growing...


PostPosted: Sun Apr 12, 2009 2:52 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

poilu wrote:
Seems deleted, it's a pity and I didn't grab them Crying or Very sad
I am sure someone from MFlenses got those pdf and can make them available

I just tried the link and it is working fine Confused


PostPosted: Sun Apr 12, 2009 3:26 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks Jieffe!
Rusty try again, or try this link, or tell us and we find a way to send you the file
http://rapidshare.com/files/220472140/50mm_f1.8.pdf.html


PostPosted: Sun Apr 12, 2009 3:33 pm    Post subject: Re: Zuiko 50mm 1.8 help please Reply with quote

Rusty wrote:
.. this is the more recent one with "made in japan" on the front ring
.

Where can I find informations about that?


PostPosted: Sun Apr 12, 2009 6:55 pm    Post subject: Re: Zuiko 50mm 1.8 help please Reply with quote

estudleon wrote:
Rusty wrote:
.. this is the more recent one with "made in japan" on the front ring
.

Where can I find informations about that?


there are 4 editions of this lens and the last 2 with the plastic aperture rings are supposed to be a bit better optically ??? and have made in japan on the front ring
also see Poilu's link

I did a search for "zuiko 50mm disasemble" and got it on a forum but cannot find the site again in my browser history
here is some more info i found

Early Olympus lenses have a letter designation before the word
Zuiko which corresponds to the number of elements in the
lens. Thus, an E.Zuiko has 5 elements, an F.Zuiko 6 elements,
a G.Zuiko 7 elements, and so on. This designation was dropped
sometime in the late 1970's or early 1980's (anyone know exactly
when?) On the other hand, S-Zuiko denotes Olympus' "economy"
line of lenses. Auto-S, Auto-W, and Auto-T stand for standard,
wide, and telephoto lenses respectively, while Auto-Zoom
denotes a zoom lens, and Auto-Macro denotes a macro lens
that must be used with either the bellows or telescoping auto
extension tube.


Last edited by Rusty on Sun Apr 12, 2009 7:13 pm; edited 1 time in total


PostPosted: Sun Apr 12, 2009 7:10 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks Poilu .... got it this time from your link Very Happy

Looks like the lens with the funges is the latest edition , the partly plastic one and the front group is pressed in by the factory ( no retaining ring) and cannot be parted
I will use this lens back element to fix the other one with the funges on the back element Very Happy


PostPosted: Sun Apr 12, 2009 7:13 pm    Post subject: Re: Zuiko 50mm 1.8 help please Reply with quote

Rusty wrote:
estudleon wrote:
Rusty wrote:
.. this is the more recent one with "made in japan" on the front ring
.

Where can I find informations about that?


I did a search for "zuiko 50mm disasemble" and got it on a forum but cannot find the site again in my browser history
here is some more info i found

Early Olympus lenses have a letter designation before the word
Zuiko which corresponds to the number of elements in the
lens. Thus, an E.Zuiko has 5 elements, an F.Zuiko 6 elements,
a G.Zuiko 7 elements, and so on. This designation was dropped
sometime in the late 1970's or early 1980's (anyone know exactly
when?) On the other hand, S-Zuiko denotes Olympus' "economy"
line of lenses. Auto-S, Auto-W, and Auto-T stand for standard,
wide, and telephoto lenses respectively, while Auto-Zoom
denotes a zoom lens, and Auto-Macro denotes a macro lens
that must be used with either the bellows or telescoping auto
extension tube.


Thanks Rusty.