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retrooptical
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 Posted: Mon Jun 13, 2016 2:13 pm Post subject: New Resource for Professional & DIY Lens Restoration/Rep |
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retrooptical wrote:
Hi Folks,
We have been quietly learning to CLA/Service vintage optics. Now that we are getting good at it we have started uploading photos of each lens we restore to Flikr including a fully disassembled photo that shows every component down to the last screw. Since we have all these photos we figured we would share them with the community in case someone loses a few screws and needs to double check. Many of the lenses are fairly rare and things like service manuals or parts lists are not readily available.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/retrooptical/albums
More will be added on a regular basis. We have serviced a lot more lenses than listed but have started to take the fully disassembled photos and will do so for all lenses we service going forward.
If you are interested in our glass pay us a visit on eBay, our user name is Retrooptical - we also offer lens service/CLA/Repair up to and including re-cementing separated optical elements.
Anyway hope this is helpful to some folks out there - its meant to be informational, however as any good small business person knows it never hurts to give yourself a modest plug as well.
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retrooptical
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| Posted: Mon Jun 13, 2016 2:16 pm Post subject: More coming soon... |
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retrooptical wrote:
We will be posting on our methods as we find the time to put the documentation together. This will include step by step instructions for things like re-cementing optical elements, why you should ultrasonically clean parts, differences in types of grease, etc.
Folks who want professional service want professional service. Everyone else with DIY confidence/skills will be able to leverage our material for free.
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visualopsins wrote:
Welcome retrooptical
Thank you for sharing the wonderful work.
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Tamron SP 17mm f/3.5 (51B), Tamron SP 17mm f/3.5 (151B), SP 500mm f/8 (55BB), SP 70-210mm f/3.5 (19AH)
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retrooptical
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| Posted: Mon Jun 13, 2016 5:03 pm Post subject: You are welcome! |
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retrooptical wrote:
We should add between 3-6 lenses a week in fits and spurts since it is a part time gig for us at the moment. Hoping to add some resolution/distortion/mtf testing into the mix but that workflow will take quite some time to get right. Also its time consuming so may have to wait until we can grow into a full time outfit.
We welcome any suggestions folks might have, esp on additional types of photos that would be useful, as long as its not going to add a ton of effort to our workflow.
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mo wrote:
Hi and welcome to the forum,
I have moved this post to the repair section and made it a sticky.
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kds315* wrote:
Welcome here!
Would you like to add your phone no and / or email address to allow people to contact you?
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http://www.macrolenses.de for macro and special lens info
http://www.pbase.com/kds315/uv_photos for UV Images and lens/filter info
https://www.flickr.com/photos/kds315/albums my albums using various lenses
http://photographyoftheinvisibleworld.blogspot.com/ my UV BLOG
http://www.travelmeetsfood.com/blog Food + Travel BLOG
https://galeriafotografia.com Architecture + Drone photography
Currently most FAV lens(es):
X80QF f3.2/80mm
Hypergon f11/26mm
ELCAN UV f5.6/52mm
Zeiss UV-Planar f4/60mm
Zeiss UV-Planar f2/62mm
Lomo Уфар-12 f2.5/41mm
Lomo Зуфар-2 f4.0/350mm
Lomo ZIKAR-1A f1.2/100mm
Nikon UV Nikkor f4.5/105mm
Zeiss UV-Sonnar f4.3/105mm
CERCO UV-VIS-NIR f1.8/45mm
CERCO UV-VIS-NIR f4.1/94mm
CERCO UV-VIS-NIR f2.8/100mm
Steinheil Quarzobjektiv f1.8/50mm
Pentax Quartz Takumar f3.5/85mm
Carl Zeiss Jena UV-Objektiv f4/60mm
NYE OPTICAL Lyman-Alpha II f1.1/90mm
NYE OPTICAL Lyman-Alpha I f2.8/200mm
COASTAL OPTICS f4/60mm UV-VIS-IR Apo
COASTAL OPTICS f4.5/105mm UV-Micro-Apo
Pentax Ultra-Achromatic Takumar f4.5/85mm
Pentax Ultra-Achromatic Takumar f5.6/300mm
Rodenstock UV-Rodagon f5.6/60mm + 105mm + 150mm
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retrooptical
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| Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2016 3:07 pm Post subject: Canon Serenar 28mm f3.5 L39 |
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retrooptical wrote:
Just added early 1950s Canon Serenar 28/3.5 L39 to database.
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retrooptical
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| Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2016 3:16 pm Post subject: Contact for Retro Optical |
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retrooptical wrote:
Hi,
We are located in Newport WA, USA and can ship internationally.
Anyone interested in contacting us:
Email: retrooptical@gmail.com
Ebay: http://www.ebay.com/usr/retro_optical
We don't have a website setup yet but are working on it and hope to have one launched by the end of the summer. If you are interested in having your lens serviced please send us an email, we can provide rough pricing however each lens requires a different amount of work, and a final estimate will not be available until we receive your optic for inspection.
Will post a follow up with a description of our lens grading system and servicing process.
Thanks for your interest!
Retro Optical
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retrooptical
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| Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2016 5:00 pm Post subject: Leica Leitz Canada Summicron-R 50mm f2 2-cam |
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retrooptical wrote:
Leica Leitz Canada Summicron-R 50mm f2 2-cam
Just added to database.
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retrooptical
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| Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2016 12:50 am Post subject: Nikon W-Nikkor.C 35mm f2.5 S Mount |
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retrooptical wrote:
Added to database:
Nikon W-Nikkor.C 35mm f2.5 S Mount
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retrooptical
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| Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2016 9:13 pm Post subject: Leica Elmarit-R 180mm f2.8 3-Cam |
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retrooptical wrote:
Added to DB:
Leica Elmarit-R 180mm f2.8 3-Cam
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Gardener wrote:
So far I only see lens porn? |
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Nordentro wrote:
great work guys 
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retrooptical
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retrooptical wrote:
Thank you all for the compliments, much appreciated.
We are currently putting together rather detailed DIY tutorial for CLA of your basic 50mm prime. The intent is to cover basic tools techniques and a few recommendations for the average JOE to feel confident in tackling dust or fungus removal and re lubrication.
There are a lot of tricks of the trade, we intend to share a few that we have learned.
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retrooptical
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retrooptical wrote:
| Gardener wrote: |
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Yes at the moment we are posting our disassembled photos so that folks have a component breakdown somewhat similar to an exploded parts diagram, which are hard to find for the pre-60s glass in a lot of cases. All of the lenses in our Flikr account are ones that we have fully serviced for customers or for sale on our eBay store. We will continue to keep adding lenses as we service them.
At the moment we are two guys doing this in our spare time so we may have to trickle out our repair tutorials over time.
A short list of the tutorials we wanted to go over at some point (subject to change):
1. Lens Service (CLA) - Basic tear-down and service of 50mm prime lens (likely a cheaper >$100 example typical of DIY lens repair)
2. Lens External Restoration - Examples include repainting faded/chipped focus, DoF, aperture, and other markings, touching up barrel paint, re-anodizing, re-chroming, etc. (Some of these will be references to external suppliers of things like anodizing or re-chroming which is too finicky and/or toxic for most DIYers)
3. Optical Re-cementing - How to properly separate, clean, cement, align, and cure optical blocks using modern UV cure optical adhesive. We do not use, nor will cover, balsam based adhesives because they are not as chemically or mechanically stable as our UV optical adhesive (Norland 61 - https://www.norlandprod.com/adhesives/noa%2061.html).
We are open to/soliciting requests for other topics to cover. We have spit-balled things like how to hand lap damaged helicals, replace foam in a film body, strip multi/single coating, etc. Please feel free to chime in if there is something you would like us to cover.
Thanks!
Retro Optical
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What do you charge for re-cementing if you do it? Say, a doublet 1" in diameter? |
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retrooptical
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retrooptical wrote:
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| What do you charge for re-cementing if you do it? Say, a doublet 1" in diameter? |
Sent you a PM with rough pricing.
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| Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2016 1:25 pm Post subject: Added Lens |
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retrooptical wrote:
Voigtlander Color-Skoparex AR 35mm f2.8 SN#7502488
Added to DB
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| Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2016 12:00 am Post subject: New lens |
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retrooptical wrote:
W-Nikkor-C 35mm f3.5 SN#439607
Added to DB. Very, very sharp. Sharpest RF nikkor we have tested to date. Earlier serial numbers not as sharp as this lens.
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retrooptical
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| Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2016 12:10 am Post subject: New Lens |
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retrooptical wrote:
Nikon Nikkor-P.C. 85mm f2 Contax S Mount SN#400170
Very clean copy
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retrooptical
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| Posted: Sat Jul 02, 2016 2:41 pm Post subject: Added Lenses |
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retrooptical wrote:
Too many lenses to list individually have been added to DB.
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Sorry but which DB = data base are you referring to??
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"S'il vient a point, me souviendra" [Thomas Bohier (1460-1523)]
http://www.macrolenses.de for macro and special lens info
http://www.pbase.com/kds315/uv_photos for UV Images and lens/filter info
https://www.flickr.com/photos/kds315/albums my albums using various lenses
http://photographyoftheinvisibleworld.blogspot.com/ my UV BLOG
http://www.travelmeetsfood.com/blog Food + Travel BLOG
https://galeriafotografia.com Architecture + Drone photography
Currently most FAV lens(es):
X80QF f3.2/80mm
Hypergon f11/26mm
ELCAN UV f5.6/52mm
Zeiss UV-Planar f4/60mm
Zeiss UV-Planar f2/62mm
Lomo Уфар-12 f2.5/41mm
Lomo Зуфар-2 f4.0/350mm
Lomo ZIKAR-1A f1.2/100mm
Nikon UV Nikkor f4.5/105mm
Zeiss UV-Sonnar f4.3/105mm
CERCO UV-VIS-NIR f1.8/45mm
CERCO UV-VIS-NIR f4.1/94mm
CERCO UV-VIS-NIR f2.8/100mm
Steinheil Quarzobjektiv f1.8/50mm
Pentax Quartz Takumar f3.5/85mm
Carl Zeiss Jena UV-Objektiv f4/60mm
NYE OPTICAL Lyman-Alpha II f1.1/90mm
NYE OPTICAL Lyman-Alpha I f2.8/200mm
COASTAL OPTICS f4/60mm UV-VIS-IR Apo
COASTAL OPTICS f4.5/105mm UV-Micro-Apo
Pentax Ultra-Achromatic Takumar f4.5/85mm
Pentax Ultra-Achromatic Takumar f5.6/300mm
Rodenstock UV-Rodagon f5.6/60mm + 105mm + 150mm
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retrooptical
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retrooptical wrote:
| kds315* wrote: |
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https://www.flickr.com/photos/retrooptical/albums
We upload all lenses we service to Flikr with the most recent and all future ones including a fully disassembled shot including all components, basically the functional equivalent of an exploded diagram.
-Retro Optical
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"S'il vient a point, me souviendra" [Thomas Bohier (1460-1523)]
http://www.macrolenses.de for macro and special lens info
http://www.pbase.com/kds315/uv_photos for UV Images and lens/filter info
https://www.flickr.com/photos/kds315/albums my albums using various lenses
http://photographyoftheinvisibleworld.blogspot.com/ my UV BLOG
http://www.travelmeetsfood.com/blog Food + Travel BLOG
https://galeriafotografia.com Architecture + Drone photography
Currently most FAV lens(es):
X80QF f3.2/80mm
Hypergon f11/26mm
ELCAN UV f5.6/52mm
Zeiss UV-Planar f4/60mm
Zeiss UV-Planar f2/62mm
Lomo Уфар-12 f2.5/41mm
Lomo Зуфар-2 f4.0/350mm
Lomo ZIKAR-1A f1.2/100mm
Nikon UV Nikkor f4.5/105mm
Zeiss UV-Sonnar f4.3/105mm
CERCO UV-VIS-NIR f1.8/45mm
CERCO UV-VIS-NIR f4.1/94mm
CERCO UV-VIS-NIR f2.8/100mm
Steinheil Quarzobjektiv f1.8/50mm
Pentax Quartz Takumar f3.5/85mm
Carl Zeiss Jena UV-Objektiv f4/60mm
NYE OPTICAL Lyman-Alpha II f1.1/90mm
NYE OPTICAL Lyman-Alpha I f2.8/200mm
COASTAL OPTICS f4/60mm UV-VIS-IR Apo
COASTAL OPTICS f4.5/105mm UV-Micro-Apo
Pentax Ultra-Achromatic Takumar f4.5/85mm
Pentax Ultra-Achromatic Takumar f5.6/300mm
Rodenstock UV-Rodagon f5.6/60mm + 105mm + 150mm
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retrooptical
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| Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2016 3:58 pm Post subject: More lenses |
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retrooptical wrote:
Added:
Vivitar 28/1.9
Leica Summitar 50/2
Carl Zeiss Jena Sonnar 75mm f2.8 C-mount
Kern Paillard Yvar 75mm f2.8
Zuiko Auto-S 50/1.8 MC
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