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Slow Aperture Pentacon 50/1.8?
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 03, 2009 8:54 pm    Post subject: Slow Aperture Pentacon 50/1.8? Reply with quote

I bought a Tokina 24mm lens of the auctions site. With it came another Praktica and a Pentacon 50/1.8.

Not really needing another 50mm lens I'm not too worried, but the aperture is slow returning to wide open. Are these easily fixable or is this lens too cheap to be worth the trouble?


PostPosted: Tue Feb 03, 2009 9:15 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Need to clean , very common with East German lenses. Use it till it will be stuck wide open and clean it after. Sometimes works for years , sometimes just for days.


PostPosted: Tue Feb 03, 2009 9:21 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Attila wrote:
Sometimes works for years , sometimes just for days.


Yes, Attila. It's in this way.

I cleaned my flekt 35/2,4 blades, and worked for 20 days.

When clean again, I have a mistake and dissambled the blades.

Now I have to arm all the lens from zero. Confused

Rino.


PostPosted: Tue Feb 03, 2009 9:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Really sorry!

Here I mostly put to repair shop, and no problem after all. We have good people on service.


PostPosted: Wed Feb 04, 2009 7:28 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Anyone have any details on how to get this one apart?


PostPosted: Wed Feb 04, 2009 9:23 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

martinsmith99 wrote:
Anyone have any details on how to get this one apart?


I don't remember for any guide I think any east german lens aperture cleaning guide should ok.


PostPosted: Wed Feb 04, 2009 11:42 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Attila wrote:
Really sorry!

Here I mostly put to repair shop, and no problem after all. We have good people on service.


Here, Argentina, the repairmen don't like this job. They say "a lot of work and few bucks".

More that repairmen, they seem financial men.

Rino.


PostPosted: Wed Feb 04, 2009 11:48 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

estudleon wrote:
Attila wrote:
Really sorry!

Here I mostly put to repair shop, and no problem after all. We have good people on service.


Here, Argentina, the repairmen don't like this job. They say "a lot of work and few bucks".

More that repairmen, they seem financial men.

Rino.


I always pay what they ask I pay their time same than fixing a modern lens , so they have no problem at all. Here cleaning cost around 30-35 USD. This is one hour fee for low cost businesses.


PostPosted: Wed Feb 04, 2009 1:11 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Attila wrote:
estudleon wrote:
Attila wrote:
Really sorry!

Here I mostly put to repair shop, and no problem after all. We have good people on service.


Here, Argentina, the repairmen don't like this job. They say "a lot of work and few bucks".

More that repairmen, they seem financial men.

Rino.


I always pay what they ask I pay their time same than fixing a modern lens , so they have no problem at all. Here cleaning cost around 30-35 USD. This is one hour fee for low cost businesses.


The problem is cultural here. The culture of the work was cleared us, then almost nobody wants to win with his work; they are in the hope of the golden business fills them of money without effort.

They filled the head to us with trivialities and now it is necessary to remove to thousands from people of that stupid dream.

Rino.


PostPosted: Wed Feb 04, 2009 3:22 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Laughing Laughing We have many of them here too, I am lucky with some nice man here who is make great job.


PostPosted: Sat Feb 07, 2009 12:38 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

See this:

http://itbbs.pconline.com.cn/bbs/topic.jsp?tid=8116500

Perhaps can help you.

Rino.


PostPosted: Thu Feb 19, 2009 3:06 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

The Pentacon 50/1,8 has been one of the easier ones to service that I've come across (admittedly, I've only worked on 5 or 6 so far.... hey, cut me some slack, I just started doing this 2 months ago Wink.


http://gabriel.mp3-tech.org/blog/index.php?entry=entry080827-180800

This is the guide I used the first time I tried it.


Just so you know, I had the same problem, and cleaned the blades, but it came right back after only a few days.


PostPosted: Thu Feb 19, 2009 3:35 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

estudleon wrote:
See this:

http://itbbs.pconline.com.cn/bbs/topic.jsp?tid=8116500

Perhaps can help you.

Rino.


notice the rubber tool!
It's the same that we are selling on our forums Laughing



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PostPosted: Thu Feb 19, 2009 11:02 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Here is a Pentacon 135mm serviced. Maybe it can help :

http://www.pixelvalley.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=3078&p=2


PostPosted: Fri Feb 20, 2009 4:45 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Cool! this should come in handy for the surgery I want to do on a Pentacon prakticar 50mm F1.8 (with praktica B mount).

This'll be just for the exercize I suppose, I dont want a praktica slr, so won't be using the lens.
If anyone want the lens afterwards contact me...


PostPosted: Fri Feb 20, 2009 7:04 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

estudleon wrote:
See this:

http://itbbs.pconline.com.cn/bbs/topic.jsp?tid=8116500

Perhaps can help you.

Rino.


Ah good; I have several angle grinders Razz