atkelar | Repair Project #5 - Mamiya Lens @atkelar | Uploaded February 2022 | Updated October 2024, 12 hours ago.
Last summer I made a quick tour around Germany and met up with NewEinstein for a bit of hiking and sight seeing. He showed me an e-bay score of his: a Mamiya camera and some lenses. But one of the lenses - a 300mm prime lens - was damaged: the focus control would spin on the lens body without moving anything. Since we both agreed that it couldn't get much worse, he allowed me to try and fix it.

0:00 Intro - Presentation
1:20 Disassembly and First Impressions
2:40 Aperture Linkage and Control Ring
3:55 Focus Mechanics are still MIA
5:05 Trying my Luck with a Lens Tool
6:12 The Rubber meets the Barrel / Damage
7:30 Greasing and Reassembly
8:45 Aperture Ring
9:50 Almost Done... but...
11:10 Now For Real! / Bye / Outtake

Music:
My Train's A Comin'
Unicorn Heads
(YouTube Audio Library)

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