Who does general lens CLA?

[j-dogg]

I have a Soligor 200mm f2.8 that makes for a great little portrait lens but the front half is loose and wobbles, optics are fine and the aperture blades are snappy.

I can only do cameras, most of my lenses I send off.

 

[chip j]

I would also like a good source for removing oil from aperture blades.

 

[Tom1956]

I would also like a good source for removing oil from aperture blades.

That is just so easily done I'm dumbfounded that anybody couldn't do it. Get the glass out of it, swab the closed-down blades with a couple q tips dipped in naptha, and you're done.

 

[Xmas]

Hi Tom

confirmed but you did not say how or tools needed...?

 

[Tony-S]

That is just so easily done I'm dumbfounded that anybody couldn't do it. Get the glass out of it, swab the closed-down blades with a couple q tips dipped in naptha, and you're done.

Easy for some lenses, not so much for others. So, it really just depends...

 

[BrianShaw]

Any competent camera repair shop should be able to overhaul a lens. I use Steve's Camera Repai in Culver City CA.

 

[Tom1956]

Hi Tom

confirmed but you did not say how or tools needed...?

Sorry, but when I spoke I failed to remember that anything is easy if you know how to do it. Wasn't my intent to make you feel foolish. I suppose if it were incumbent on me to do a chemistry equation and couldn't, then somebody else might say I was the ignorant one. They'd be right.

 

[Mark Feldstein]

Try Midwest Camera Repair in Michigan. http://www.midwestcamera.com/estimate.html
They're factory service for Nikon and do excellent repair work on other 35mm equipment too. Very fair prices and fast turnaround times. Fill out the form above and I'm sure they'll get you a quick estimate on your lens CLA.
Mark

 

[Sirius Glass]

http://www.flutotscamerarepair.com/ Good people. Highly recommended.

 

[Xmas]

Sorry, but when I spoke I failed to remember that anything is easy if you know how to do it. Wasn't my intent to make you feel foolish. I suppose if it were incumbent on me to do a chemistry equation and couldn't, then somebody else might say I was the ignorant one. They'd be right.

HiTom
I apologize I was hoping you might tell..,
This phone is Di abolocial.
set of swiss files
acetone - nail lacquer
set of small screw drivers
soldering iron
set of smaller pointed nose pliers
washing up gloves
pencil erasers
small metal file
plastic tubing
instant gasket tube [RTV rubber]
micro cleaning cloth new
can Zippo fluid
bulb blower large
nail lacquer garish colour
scissors
google lens type + dismantle
you file the best set of pliers to just fit any lens ring
you make up friction wrench from plastic pipe and RTV rubber or bits of kitchen gloves
any skin cream which includes NaOH to kill fungus...
Nikon lenses screws will be fixed with glue and may need heating to soften
...
don't strip a zoom
don't ask why
use sharpi for missing black paint don't think of paint...
don't use acetone on paint
the Zippo is for removing oil
dont wipe a soft coating best send lens to pro shop

 

[Tom1956]

That's a pretty thorough list. I wish the OP had mentioned what lens it was.