Ladies & Gentlemen:
I have a somewhat recently acquired XL which had a very stiff focusing issue. Well, it was so stiff I found the camera almost unusable. So, I located another lens rather than the superb 80mm Planar, this time a 100mm Tessar. The camera has been sitting for several weeks on its back. When I went to remove the lens I found the focusing ring was frozen so tight as to be completely unable to move. So, I cannot try the 100mm. I hope that some one here has an idea about how to qet the focusing ring to move so I can remove the 80mm and install the 100mm. Also any advice about how to free up a seriously stiff focusing ring would be very helpful too. Many thanks in advance.
Logan
I have a somewhat recently acquired XL which had a very stiff focusing issue. Well, it was so stiff I found the camera almost unusable. So, I located another lens rather than the superb 80mm Planar, this time a 100mm Tessar. The camera has been sitting for several weeks on its back. When I went to remove the lens I found the focusing ring was frozen so tight as to be completely unable to move. So, I cannot try the 100mm. I hope that some one here has an idea about how to qet the focusing ring to move so I can remove the 80mm and install the 100mm. Also any advice about how to free up a seriously stiff focusing ring would be very helpful too. Many thanks in advance.
Logan
