minolta 90mm F4 with oil leak

[Radost]

I just got this lens from Japan.
Apart from the oil leak it seams ok.
Should I send it back or is it easy and cheap to clean?

 

[Kino]

I think that is lens separation, not an oil leak.

If it is, it is neither easy or cheap to fix.

This might have occurred during transport. I shipped some very expensive cine lenses to a filmmaker in China once and they separated in-flight due to atmospheric pressure and temperature drop.

It happens sometimes.

 

[Radost]

can the minolta 90mm F4 m-rokkor have separation?

 

[Dan Fromm]

can the minolta 90mm F4 m-rokkor have separation?

Yes. Look up Newton's rings. Send the lens back.

 

[Radost]

I used a brush just to see if it is a liquid and it is.

 

[BradS]

good grief! YES. send it back.

 

[Radost]

Thanks