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Anyone Had a Vivitar 400mm Preset Lens Apart?
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 11, 2009 5:21 am    Post subject: Anyone Had a Vivitar 400mm Preset Lens Apart? Reply with quote
A friend gave me one but it arrived in pieces. Totally taken apart and no idea how it came apart. Took a needle file and a magnifying glass to figure why the helical wouldn't go back together. Got the front end finished but would like more info on the rear. I figure if I get this one right the 135 f/3.5 preset I received messed up should be easier to do. This is a pristine lens that only needed cleaning and the lady who gave it to me just got in over her head. I wanted one for my collection and here it is...if I can get it back together. LOL


PostPosted: Tue Aug 11, 2009 6:43 am    Post subject: Re: Anyone Had a Vivitar 400mm Preset Lens Apart? Reply with quote
Big Dawg wrote:
A friend gave me one but it arrived in pieces. Totally taken apart and no idea how it came apart. Took a needle file and a magnifying glass to figure why the helical wouldn't go back together. Got the front end finished but would like more info on the rear. I figure if I get this one right the 135 f/3.5 preset I received messed up should be easier to do. This is a pristine lens that only needed cleaning and the lady who gave it to me just got in over her head. I wanted one for my collection and here it is...if I can get it back together. LOL


That's a real puzzle and not the jigsaw ones Wink
Good luck!

Jes.


PostPosted: Tue Aug 11, 2009 8:24 am    Post subject: Re: Anyone Had a Vivitar 400mm Preset Lens Apart? Reply with quote
Jesito wrote:
Big Dawg wrote:
A friend gave me one but it arrived in pieces. Totally taken apart and no idea how it came apart. Took a needle file and a magnifying glass to figure why the helical wouldn't go back together. Got the front end finished but would like more info on the rear. I figure if I get this one right the 135 f/3.5 preset I received messed up should be easier to do. This is a pristine lens that only needed cleaning and the lady who gave it to me just got in over her head. I wanted one for my collection and here it is...if I can get it back together. LOL


That's a real puzzle and not the jigsaw ones Wink
Good luck!

Jes.

Well I do know what it is supposed to look like anyway....the functionality is maybe a different thing though.


PostPosted: Tue Aug 11, 2009 8:48 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Maybe you could post a picture of how the lens looks now, and what parts need to be fitted? A picture still says more than 1000 words Wink


PostPosted: Tue Aug 11, 2009 1:29 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Spotmatic wrote:
Maybe you could post a picture of how the lens looks now, and what parts need to be fitted? A picture still says more than 1000 words Wink

Now I'm being called a motor mouth!LOL I'll do that as soon as I can...but I think I got a bit of a jandle on it last night. Only one small piece to find it's home and it may not even go with this lens. As it is a T2 mount I'll have to dig out my T2 to K mount adapter from the junk pile....Maybe...Kinda like Fibber McGee's closet in there! For those who do not know of Fibber McGee and Molly and their hall closet...go here...LOL

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9FGC68YcwM
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