Vivitar 19mm problem

ajuk

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• Jan 11, 2010

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I just took dilvery of this lens it it has a smudge on the inside rear element, obviously I'm not happy about this but as it came from America and I'm in the UK I don't really want the hassle of sending it back, is the inside rear element hard to get to on that lens?

 

John Koehrer

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• Jan 11, 2010

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Usually just a spanner ring around the element. unscrew, element falls into your hand or onto the floor.
You need to recognize which side was in/out, Use a piece of masking tape on the outside & you have it marked and something to hold it with.

 

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Are you familiar with that lens specifically?

 

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ajuk

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That came out without any tools, but the mark will not come off at all.

 

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• Jan 11, 2010

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Is it that white spot that you can see in one of the photos of the rear of the lens?

 

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• Jan 12, 2010

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No I don't think so, I take if it wont come off it's scratched, not fungus? I may have been wrong with me assumption that the mark was on the inside.