Diana F+ lens disassemble

ShutterSpook

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Had an original (non-working) Diana sitting around, and after prying it apart (and an explosion of 50+ year old plastic), I thought I might remount the original Diana lens in a modern Lomography Diana F+.

Has anyone disassembled a Lomography Diana F+ lens before? I've been unable to find any tutorials and I'd rather not allow it to suffer the same fate as the original Diana.
 
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xya

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doesn't surprise me. if you are patient, you can grab a diana with its lens, be it the lomo version or the original one, for $5 or €5 on ebay (+ shipping). same price on flea markets or in thrift stores. so if something is wrong with the lens, why should anyone bother to take it apart?

in the case of tinkering, I would force it apart for a first try and then take a second one to do better...
 

AnselMortensen

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I got a broken Diana at a flea market...
The shutter/lens assembly was still functional, so I hacksawed the lens barrel off at the body and glued the lens barrel to a drilled-out Nikon body cap.
It worked well, but only worked for macro...great for flowers.
If I would have had more interest, I'd have shortened the barrel.
Another drawback was that I had to use a rubber band to hold the lens shutter open.
 

fabulousrice

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Currently looking for instructions to disassemble a Holga 120 lens - similar issue, if anyone's got ideas...
 
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