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Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion
04-02-2014, 12:05 AM
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In fact, I mentioned the device from blueprints above :)
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Forum: Pentax K-5 & K-5 II
09-10-2012, 01:07 PM
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In fact, this was kind of surprise for me, when I borrowed K-7 for a week after my Samsung GX-20, it took me few days to get used to it.
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Forum: Pentax K-5 & K-5 II
09-09-2012, 09:23 PM
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Yes, it was, both on K-7 and K-5, but you had to hold the button on previous models.
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Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion
09-04-2012, 01:28 PM
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Ethanol (was available), but I prefer isopropanol, it is much more efficient and convenient.
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Forum: Welcomes and Introductions
09-04-2012, 12:58 PM
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Hello, my name is Vitaly Baranov. I was born and live in the town of Ivanovo, 200 miles from Moscow. I make my living working as an electronics design engineer, I design medical electronic equipment, mainly power electronic circuits.
I was fond of drawing and painting in the childhood and eventually took up photography in 2007, beginning with the father's Zenit SLR. Began using Pentax gear in 2008 and really like it since then for great design and value.
Here I am with my Mamiya RZ67, looking for a shot on a cloudy day.
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You are welcome to visit my photostream on Flickr: Flickr: vitaly.baranov's Photostream |
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Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion
09-04-2012, 12:36 PM
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I suppose, that you will need to unscrew three screws on the front of the lens assembly and take the front elements out, then you'll gain access to the aperture blades.
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Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion
09-04-2012, 12:10 PM
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Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion
09-04-2012, 11:35 AM
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7. Unscrew the screws shown by arrows (1). Be careful with the ball, that clicks aperture stops (2).
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8. Unscrew the screw (1). After that you can take the lens assembly with the helicoid and electronics out of the external barrel. While doing this, the AF drive shaft (2) may fall out. Take care of the flex PCB with the contacts (see previous pictures).
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9. So, the lens assembly is out. Remove the aperture lever (1). You'll need to detach the spring (2).
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10. Very important notice: remove the contact brush (shown by arrow) before removing the focusing ring, otherwise you can bend or brake the contacts.
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11. Take the decorative lens housing off (if you have not done it yet). Set the focus to the MFD, so that the moving lens housing is all the way out. There are three screws around this moving part (one of them shown with an arrow), unscrew them.
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12. Unscrew three screws shown by arrows and remove the focusing ring.
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13. Clean the contact tracks with solvent, just in case.
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14. In order to take the lens assembly out of the helicoid, set the focus to MFD and unscrew four screws that hold the guiding parts. Pay attention to the place, where each of them belongs to, they are different.
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15. After that you can take the lens assembly out. It is recommended to mark alignment of parts, otherwise you will need to assemble them by trial and error :)
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And that's all. I didn't need to disassemble further, because cleaning and lubrication do not require this.
Assemble the lens in reverse order.
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Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion
09-04-2012, 10:49 AM
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The same manual in Russian: ???????? FA50 - ?????? ?????-?????
Being unable to find a manual on the disassembly of these popular lenses, I had to find the method by trial and error. By the way, my experience can be useful for the community :) The lens described is the FA50/1.7, FA50/1.4 must be identical, or very similar.
Of course, you perform the actions described below on your own risk :)
It is recommended to have a set of quality screwdrivers.
0. Infinity focus adjustment. If you just want to adjust infinity focus (like me), you don't need to disassemble the lens! I found this out after disassembly, as always :)
0a. Set the focus to the MFD, so that the moving lens housing is all the way out. There are three screws around this moving part (one of them shown with an arrow), unscrew them.
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Take the decorative lens housing off.
0b. Set the focus to infinity. There are three screws inside the focusing ring that are holding it,shown by arrows on the picture below. Loosen them. Be attentive: the screws in the deep, closer ones hold the front lens group, don't touch them!
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0c. Hold one of the screws with tweezers or something similar and turn the inner ring counter clockwise. When the infinity focus is obtained (check on the camera), carefully set the outer focusing ring on the infinity mark (to the limit) and fasten the screws.
0d. Install the decorative lens housing back.
Lens disassembly.
1. Unscrew the five screws shown by arrows and remove the bayonet mount. Hold it while removing, because there are spring loaded contacts inside. In my case they did not actually jump out, but who knows...
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2. Here are the contacts and springs, don't lose them.
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3. Remove the aperture ring, A-position lock button will fall out of it.
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4. Remove the round part that transfers the set aperture stop to the aperture blades and camera lever.
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5. Remove the plastic contact group housing, it is held by one screw.
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6. Remove the screws, shown by arrows.
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