Hey all - First off, great forum - you guys cover alot of information!! Here's my problem, I just bought a canon 1014 and I love it. The only problem is the lense has dust on the inside and is showing up on film. I can find NO canon repair shops in Boston that will touch this so I want to clean it myslef - has anyone out there removed the lense from their 1014 for cleaning? Do I need any special tools? Anything to look out for? Please help!!! Thanks in advance...
-jason
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Hi, I am replying only to say,from experience dont repeat dont consider doing a lens repair yourself, you need specialist equipment to check the lens when reassembling.. I have tried and failed cleaning a lens, I lost the infinity setting when reassembling.
Hopefully someone will post better advice, or a repairer..
Hopefully someone will post better advice, or a repairer..
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goya
DO NOT TAKE APART YOUR LENS!
I suggest NOT taking apart the lens.
All the glass elements need to be perfectly spaced and aligned from one another. Slight variations are enough to degrade in image quality.
What you need is a an old school camera repair shop. Look up any repair shop that fixes old manual 35mm SLR and medium format cameras. I think even a Rolleiflex twin lens repairman can do the job.
Taking apart lenses on cameras of that era, still or movie, is very similar. There are special tools like lens spanners that are used to release the parts that hold the glass elements in place.
I don't know where you are writing from, but here in Los Angeles California USA, there is a repair man who has taken apart my older Kowa and Pentacon Zeiss Jena lenses. He's very good at lenses and you can give him a try if you are in the USA or elsewhere. He has repaired items from Singapore and Japan.
Ross Yerkes Camera Repair
342 Kirby Street, Los Angeles CA 90042
U.S.A.
Phone: 323-256-1018
Ross is oldschool, so he does not have email or a website.
Here are some othe USA repair shops incase you are in the country:
http://www.jerryscamera.com/
http://www.epworks.com/
I haven't used any of the above services, but give them a call and see if they can help you.
In the end, you cannot find repairman to do the job and want to do it yourself... I would suggest buying a beat-up used 35mm still camera lens and taking it apart to practice. There are thousands of unwanted old camera lens out there. Buy one. take it apart and practice putting it together. Don't practice on your nice 1014.
All the glass elements need to be perfectly spaced and aligned from one another. Slight variations are enough to degrade in image quality.
What you need is a an old school camera repair shop. Look up any repair shop that fixes old manual 35mm SLR and medium format cameras. I think even a Rolleiflex twin lens repairman can do the job.
Taking apart lenses on cameras of that era, still or movie, is very similar. There are special tools like lens spanners that are used to release the parts that hold the glass elements in place.
I don't know where you are writing from, but here in Los Angeles California USA, there is a repair man who has taken apart my older Kowa and Pentacon Zeiss Jena lenses. He's very good at lenses and you can give him a try if you are in the USA or elsewhere. He has repaired items from Singapore and Japan.
Ross Yerkes Camera Repair
342 Kirby Street, Los Angeles CA 90042
U.S.A.
Phone: 323-256-1018
Ross is oldschool, so he does not have email or a website.
Here are some othe USA repair shops incase you are in the country:
http://www.jerryscamera.com/
http://www.epworks.com/
I haven't used any of the above services, but give them a call and see if they can help you.
In the end, you cannot find repairman to do the job and want to do it yourself... I would suggest buying a beat-up used 35mm still camera lens and taking it apart to practice. There are thousands of unwanted old camera lens out there. Buy one. take it apart and practice putting it together. Don't practice on your nice 1014.
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I can only suggest one thing you could CAREFULLY try yourself. I am presuming that the dust is not between the elements, but sitting on the inside element. If this is so, and it probably is, try this:
1. Sit under a very very bright light with the camera
2. Open film door and look through film gate
3. Remove orange filter by setting it from sun symbol to bulb symbol
4. Get a can of compressed air (from a photographic supply shop). Test it out first and ALWAYS hold it upright, as they can have the oposite effect of spraying glue onto your lens if used sideways!
5. Spray with a thin pipe on the nozel, a jet of air through the film gate, to clear the inner element of the lens. If the shutter is in the way, trigger the camera until it isn't.
Voila. Of course by doing this you are merely unsettling the dust, but it has a good chance of clearing the lens I think. If someone thinks I'm wrong in my hypothesis, please reply, because I have made mistakes in my camera repairs from time to time...
Good luck, Lucas
1. Sit under a very very bright light with the camera
2. Open film door and look through film gate
3. Remove orange filter by setting it from sun symbol to bulb symbol
4. Get a can of compressed air (from a photographic supply shop). Test it out first and ALWAYS hold it upright, as they can have the oposite effect of spraying glue onto your lens if used sideways!
5. Spray with a thin pipe on the nozel, a jet of air through the film gate, to clear the inner element of the lens. If the shutter is in the way, trigger the camera until it isn't.
Voila. Of course by doing this you are merely unsettling the dust, but it has a good chance of clearing the lens I think. If someone thinks I'm wrong in my hypothesis, please reply, because I have made mistakes in my camera repairs from time to time...
Good luck, Lucas
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May be a silly question but have you checked if there is a filter attached to the lens front? If yes the dust may be inside between the filter and the lens. Remove filter ONLY and check inside.
If the dust is not visible on the lens front if might be stuk in the film gate port. This is where it is definately most visible if you can see it on the film. Might easliy be cleand by a suitable Q-tip.
Personallay I would not disassemble the lens my self.
If you have not yet test shot with the cam, do that and see how much it affects the image when projected. A nice test that is.
R
If the dust is not visible on the lens front if might be stuk in the film gate port. This is where it is definately most visible if you can see it on the film. Might easliy be cleand by a suitable Q-tip.
Personallay I would not disassemble the lens my self.
If you have not yet test shot with the cam, do that and see how much it affects the image when projected. A nice test that is.
R
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