Re: [Leica] Any Gibbon Can Take a Summarit apart

[Dan Cardish <dcardish@microtec.net>]

I still vividly recall the time I took my Minolta 58/1.2 lens apart.  These
little ball bearings just went FLYING EVERYWHERE, mostly ending up in my
carpet (of course, where else?).  And when I managed to get the thing back
together, the infinity mark didn't line up correctly.

Never Again!

Dan C.

ps...I actually did have a reason, the aperture blades were stuck.


At 03:57 PM 02-10-00 -0400, Buzz Hausner wrote:
>...oh, yes, one more thing.  Any gibbon can take a lens apart.  It is my
>contention that it takes a much higher order primate than I to put it back
>together.
>
>	Buzz
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Lee, Jonathan [mailto:Jonathan.Lee@hrcc.on.ca]
>Sent: Monday, October 02, 2000 3:19 PM
>To: 'leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us'
>Subject: RE: [Leica] Summarit take apart?
>
>
>Buzz,
>
>You don't need to be specially trained to take the lens groups apart.
>Provided you do not try to unglue cemented elements or to take the aperture
>blades apart, you really can't ruin a lens.  A lens is (simply put) nothing
>much more than some threaded pieces screwed together and with some retaining
>screws put in. If you have any mechanical aptitude, you can take a lens,
>even a Lecia lens, apart. 
>
>Jonathan Lee
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Buzz Hausner [mailto:Buzz@marianmanor.org]
>Sent: Monday, October 02, 2000 2:03 PM
>To: 'leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us'
>Subject: RE: [Leica] Summarit take apart?
>
>
>Why in the world would anyone want to disassemble her or his own lens?  This
>sort of question comes up from time to time, and it seems to me that unless
>one is trained in the arcana of lens construction and the proper array of
>diaphragm blades this is an endeavor best left to those who are.  On the
>other hand, those doing the disassembly may consider this a learning
>opportunity and have no interest in the quality of the lens once it is more
>or less put back together...to those of you I apologize now.
>
>	Buzz Hausner
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: george kase [mailto:gkase@ccfc.com]
>Sent: Monday, October 02, 2000 1:45 PM
>To: leica-users-digest@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
>Subject: [Leica] Summarit take apart?
>
>
>Can anyone assist me in figuring out how to 
>completely disassemble my LTM Summarit lens?
>I can't figure out how to get the rear elements apart.
>there doesn't appear to be any slots to unscrew, etc.
>any guidance would be appreciated. If you wish to reply
>off list please contact me at gkase1@yahoo.com
>thanks
>George Kase
>
>