Dissasembling a Auto Lense

[87 Turbo II]

Lenses aren't supposed to be open. And the singular spelling is LENS not "lense", Plural is lenses. Yeah, I've taken a lens apart with no intent to put it back together (HUGE crack down the barrel so I thought, "eh, why not?". I was trying to keep everything in tack though and I broke sooo many things. That's what I'd be worried about if I were you. The electrical contacts are easy to damage.

[mushroom_toy]

Lenses aren't supposed to be open. And the singular spelling is LENS not "lense", Plural is lenses. Yeah, I've taken a lens apart with no intent to put it back together (HUGE crack down the barrel so I thought, "eh, why not?". I was trying to keep everything in tack though and I broke sooo many things. That's what I'd be worried about if I were you. The electrical contacts are easy to damage.

Yeah I was very tired when i wrote all of that lol. Anyway though yeah Ive been very careful to take it apart, its just getting it back together thats the bitch. I broke none of the parts and everything is fine, like I said only problem im having is aligning everything perfectly.

[87 Turbo II]

Yeah I was very tired when i wrote all of that lol. Anyway though yeah Ive been very careful to take it apart, its just getting it back together thats the bitch. I broke none of the parts and everything is fine, like I said only problem im having is aligning everything perfectly.

Well I prolly only broke everyhting cause i didn't just want to see the glass elements. I wanted to see the AF motor, coils, brushes, contacts, gears etc lol. So I got it down to a pile of glass plastic and metal hardware eventually, with a LOT of hair-thin copper wire damage, plastic tabs shattered and other stuff. Just a 50 1.8 II that, like I said, was already broken. I have the 50 1.8 I anyway; it's much better . Yeah these things are so compact and have such complex internal mechanics that I can see how they'd be hard to reassemble. I am NEVER taking apart my 70-200 f/4 L after I get it this holiday season. I am so excited!