m-a-x wrote:
I also had to cut the surrounding metal plate since the ring was sitting too tight.
I used a high speed cutter wheel on a Dremel and cut all the way through from one side. I could \"bend\" the rear element free, afterwards.
I can\'t tell for sure now which direction the element should turn, but I guess it is anticlockwise.
Hi m-a-x,
Thanks for trying to help .
I end up using a hand file to remove the back plate and the lens, by filing at the corner until the back plate is separated. Of course the lens was covered with tape first .
m-a-x wrote:
I also had to cut the surrounding metal plate since the ring was sitting too tight.
I used a high speed cutter wheel on a Dremel and cut all the way through from one side. I could \"bend\" the rear element free, afterwards.
I can\'t tell for sure now which direction the element should turn, but I guess it is anticlockwise.
Hi m-a-x,
Thanks for trying to help .
I end up using a hand file to remove the back plate and the lens, by filing at the corner until the back plate is separated. Of course the lens was covered with tape first .
m-a-x wrote:
I also had to cut the surrounding metal plate since the ring was sitting too tight.
I used a high speed cutter wheel on a Dremel and cut all the way through from one side. I could \"bend\" the rear element free, afterwards.
I can\'t tell for sure now which direction the element should turn, but I guess it is anticlockwise.
Hi m-a-x,
Thanks for trying to help .
I end up using a hand file to remove the back plate and the lens, by filing at the corner until the back plate is separated. Of course the lens was covered with tape first .
m-a-x wrote:
I also had to cut the surrounding metal plate since the ring was sitting too tight.
I used a high speed cutter wheel on a Dremel and cut all the way through from one side. I could \"bend\" the rear element free, afterwards.
I can\'t tell for sure now which direction the element should turn, but I guess it is anticlockwise.
Hi m-a-x,
Thanks for trying to help .
I end up using a hand file to remove the back plate and the lens, by filing at the corner until the back plate is separated. Of course the lens was covered with tape first . http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/LkphEOnuXTzhN1ZDoPC0OA?feat=directlink
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m-a-x wrote:
I also had to cut the surrounding metal plate since the ring was sitting too tight.
I used a high speed cutter wheel on a Dremel and cut all the way through from one side. I could \"bend\" the rear element free, afterwards.
I can\'t tell for sure now which direction the element should turn, but I guess it is anticlockwise.
Hi m-a-x,
Thanks for trying to help .
I end up using a hand file to remove the back plate and the lens, by filing at the corner until the back plate is separated. Of course the lens was covered with tape first .
m-a-x wrote:
I also had to cut the surrounding metal plate since the ring was sitting too tight.
I used a high speed cutter wheel on a Dremel and cut all the way through from one side. I could \"bend\" the rear element free, afterwards.
I can\'t tell for sure now which direction the element should turn, but I guess it is anticlockwise.
Hi m-a-x,
Thanks for trying to help .
I end up using a hand file to remove the back plate and the lens, by filing at the corner under the back plate is separated. Of course the lens was covered with tape first .
Oct 12, 2009 at 02:44 AM
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