Does it feel like the whole assembly (rear from the silver ring back) is moving away or is it just the "sleeve" with the colored, curved depth of field lines moving?
George, the whole thing moves up if picked up by the silver ring.
gbohannon wrote:
Does it feel like the whole assembly (rear from the silver ring back) is moving away or is it just the "sleeve" with the colored, curved depth of field lines moving?
NightOwl Cat wrote:
George, the whole thing moves up if picked up by the silver ring.
I removed the silver ring and the 3 screws that hold the sleeve with the DOF marking. There is a slot on that sleeve that has the vinyl textured cover on it. If you rotate that sleeve and while looking through the slot, you will see two screws under it. They "may" hold the rear assemble on. I am not 100% sure. Without digging deeper I really can't tell. I did this on my beater copy and I can't get the rear mount loose, one screw frozen.
Regardless, I think a trip to APS may be in order, but unless the lens is in near mint condition you could probably pick up another for the cost of the CLA/Repair.
Had the same problem with mine.
But a friend at the camera shop showed me that if you remove the little cover on the lens sleeve you can get access to the screws underneath. They need tightening when the rear mount is back in place. When tightened put the small cover back in the slot and like new !!
The sleeve rotates round, and there are three screws from my recollection of the last time it happened.
Simple job, takes about 5 - 10 minutes, but baffled me too until I was shown what the problem is.
Had the same problem with mine.
But a friend at the camera shop showed me that if you remove the little cover on the lens sleeve you can get access to the screws underneath. They need tightening when the rear mount is back in place. When tightened put the small cover back in the slot and like new !!
The sleeve rotates round, and there are three screws from my recollection of the last time it happened.
Simple job, takes about 5 - 10 minutes, but baffled me too until I was shown what the problem is.
Hope you get some resolution.
Steve
Thanks for confirming what I was trying to find! Mine were firmly in place to the point I could not loosen them.
Laura - below are some quick shots from mine. If you do this, please make sure to use JIS screwdrivers. The small screws on the barrel are very easy to round out if not using the right driver. Lesson learned in my early days of DIY lens work
Just to show that when fixed the 50-135mm Leighton lens performs like it should ....
Btw .... thanks Leighton for making such heavy use of this lens a while ago .... I know I seem to be discounting the influence of Curtis .... but .... well .... he started it all !!
So now in the French Alps, and I think it is time to get this party started with a fine single malt .... one of my favourites
Then to see a little snow still on the tops .... both taken with the 50-135mm on D810
Plus a very close shot of some lichen .... same camera, but using the 105mm f2.8 Micro on a PN tube ....
Always Nikon throughout !!
Steve
Stokesey 2019
Let's get this Alpine Party started ..... no driving though
Stokesey 2019
Snow on the tops, and a huge chair lift from Oz en Oisans
Thanks, once I find my JIS set, I will see if I can do this. This lens is in mint shape, other than this floppy problem
So
1.) remove cover,
2.) remove tiny screw near cover on barrel,
3. then rotate barrel to find the screws that are around it, and tighten screws
4.) replace cover and tiny screw
are the steps.
I had two, too, and sold one off a few years ago. I'll post back how it goes
Thanks!
gbohannon wrote:
I removed the silver ring and the 3 screws that hold the sleeve with the DOF marking. There is a slot on that sleeve that has the vinyl textured cover on it. If you rotate that sleeve and while looking through the slot, you will see two screws under it. They "may" hold the rear assemble on. I am not 100% sure. Without digging deeper I really can't tell. I did this on my beater copy and I can't get the rear mount loose, one screw frozen.
Regardless, I think a trip to APS may be in order, but unless the lens is in near mint condition you could probably pick up another for the cost of the CLA/Repair.
Had the same problem with mine.
But a friend at the camera shop showed me that if you remove the little cover on the lens sleeve you can get access to the screws underneath. They need tightening when the rear mount is back in place. When tightened put the small cover back in the slot and like new !!
The sleeve rotates round, and there are three screws from my recollection of the last time it happened.
Simple job, takes about 5 - 10 minutes, but baffled me too until I was shown what the problem is.
Hope you get some resolution.
Steve
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gbohannon wrote:
Thanks for confirming what I was trying to find! Mine were firmly in place to the point I could not loosen them.
Laura - below are some quick shots from mine. If you do this, please make sure to use JIS screwdrivers. The small screws on the barrel are very easy to round out if not using the right driver. Lesson learned in my early days of DIY lens work
George
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Stokesey wrote:
Exactly George.
You beat me to the pix ..... though one thing I missed was the locking screw in the sleeve. You will need to remove that too ....
The pix that George has loaded show it removed ..... don't forget it ... or you will be scratching your head!!
Almost four seasons in one day.
Light rain shower, quickly followed by sunshine caused the ground to sweat.
Half an hour later we had a hail shower. Only 3-4 degrees Celsius up top.
105/2.5 PC
Colin what a view in Scotland! Those slopes all gently meeting at the bottom of the valley, the sunlight trapped in the middle, the stream meandering through it. Wow!
In snowy Alps already, that was quick Steve. I am trying to guess the route from Calais to there. Magnificent clouds rising up from the peaks there.
I haven't done much photography lately other than photographing my grandson playing baseball. I've been using Fuji AF lenses for that, so no posting here.
I was riding to a business meeting in another town a couple of days ago and stopped to take this photo just before the skies opened up and it began to pour. I just love riding through farmland.
Fuji X-T2, Velvia simulation, Nikkor-O 35mm f/2 with Mitakon Zhongyi Lens Turbo II
A hot-air balloon inspired the design of this fanciful chandelier with its blue globe strewn with stars above a glass bowl. The twelve signs of the zodiac wrap around the globe on a gilt-bronze band. The maker, Gérard Jean Galle, fitted the bowl with a plug and explained that it could hold water and small goldfish, “whose continuous movement will give agreeable recreation to the eye.” When he exhibited a chandelier of this design in 1819, Galle described it as a lustre à poisson (fish chandelier).
