So from my earlier thread I had pointed out that there was either fungus or dust behind the front element of a lens. So I decided to take it apart and try and clean it. However I have run into the following problem. The front elements seemsto be encased mechanically somehow as show in the attached pictures. Looking at Stan's drawing of the elements and the manual for the A50 1.7 provided in my original thread it seems that the front element is a group of three glass elements:
Do any of you in Pentaxia have experience in taking apart this front lens grouping? I could try the bull in china shop route but I fear that may be detrimental to the lens. I suspect that the fungus/dust in question is behind the first lens element or on the surface of the second element. Any help would be much appreciated.
Last edited by MrApollinax; 07-23-2009 at 05:14 AM.