http://www.polibou.com People. Places. Things. Tue, 22 Jun 2010 18:40:03 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://www.polibou.com/2009/10/19/314/ http://www.polibou.com/2009/10/19/314/#comments Tue, 20 Oct 2009 05:32:27 +0000 Poli http://www.polibou.com/?p=314 Ever wonder what a $300 dollar 50mm f/1.4 lens look like disassembled? Sorry for the lack of close up shots and detailed info as I didn’t plan to do a write up. I got the lens for a good deal off Craigslist since the autofocus was shot. It still worked fine manually but I could tell the motor was struggling due to some fine grit or sand. So I attempted to take it apart and see if I could clean it up and lube the gearing. I had to bend some of the guide rails back in place. They look like they were over extended and became deformed. After thoroughly cleaning the pieces I used some Mobile 1 motor oil to coat any moving part. Haha, I know…probably not the best thing to use on a lens, but I didn’t really plan this out and it was all I had. A month later and the autofocus is still working fine so no harm done .
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