Dear LeoniD,
Just wondering whether the Arsenal link you shared still do lens polish/recoat/(recement?). I have a Rolleiflex 2.8C Xenotar with worn coating and balsam separation that needs some helps...
WK
Sadly, they do not have a website, but here's their profile on Ukrainian equivalent of eBay:
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Dear LeoniD,
Just wondering whether the Arsenal link you shared still do lens polish/recoat/(recement?). I have a Rolleiflex 2.8C Xenotar with worn coating and balsam separation that needs some helps...
WK
I think yes. My friend got the frontal element of his Rolleiflex restored recently. It's kinda hard to see bc he didn't take an intentional "before" pic(photo 1), but it's kinda worn and scratched, and pic 2 is "after".
That looks great. I also have a Nikkor-O 35mm f2 ai lens with badly worn front coating which can certainly use a good recoat.
How do I reach out to them to initiate the repair estimate? Does the older link you provided still work? Is there anything that I should be more considerate about send things to and from Ukraine now there is a war going on?
Many thanks in advance for your help!
I offer lens repolishing, recementing and MC recoating service.
Actual price is about US $100 (for two surfaces) which is determined after buyer contacts me with all details.
The price may vary slightly, depending on whether I need to deglue the lens before processing or take it out of the rolling. The price for processing the lens without complications described above is US $100.
The price includes polishing on both sides while maintaining the radius of the lens and coating on both sides.
Three types of coating are available, MC multi-layer modern coating is greenish in reflected light.
Lilac and amber coating are also available.
In each case, a coating is selected that is most similar to the original coating and matches the type of coating used during the era of lens production.
Sending the lens back by airmail with a tracking number is also included in the price.
I offer lens repolishing, recementing and MC recoating service.
Actual price is about US $100 (for two surfaces) which is determined after buyer contacts me with all details.
The price may vary slightly, depending on whether I need to deglue the lens before processing or take it out of the rolling. The price for processing the lens without complications described above is US $100.
The price includes polishing on both sides while maintaining the radius of the lens and coating on both sides.
Three types of coating are available, MC multi-layer modern coating is greenish in reflected light.
Lilac and amber coating are also available.
In each case, a coating is selected that is most similar to the original coating and matches the type of coating used during the era of lens production.
Sending the lens back by airmail with a tracking number is also included in the price.
Regarding lens coating, I have a lens that was never coated originally and I would like to have the elements polished and coated. I suspect the rear group is separating, and some people say that this lens is a Tessar four-element design, some say it's a five-element (two air spaced in the front, cemented triplet in the rear) and some say it's a plasmat six-element type.
If the rear group is a triplet, would you coat the front and rear surfaces of the triplet, but no coating would be needed between the cemented elements?
I have a Rolleiflex 3.5E with a front element of the taking lens that is so bad I think the glass is actually etched so badly that repolishing would likely change the grinding formula. Although I still have it after many years of being disassembled, i consider the camera to be a total loss. The glass isn't scratched or broken. But I still think the etching is just too extreme.
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