Olympus Zuiko Auto-S 50mm 1.4 fungus cleaning

dbuergi · Joined: 30 Sep 2015 Posts: 103 Location: Germany

Hi all,

i got the named lens with some fungus on the lens behind the aperture. I got to the point shown in the pictures and don't know the final twist to get inside. I marked spots for a lens wrench but nothing is moving.
Maybe someone can help me here?

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kiddo · Joined: 29 Jun 2018 Posts: 1266

as seen on the screws head, red loctite may have been aplied to lock the thread also, so a good acetone aplied multiple times and patience, might do it, in most of the cases it worked for me , even for the very stubborn yashica ml