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on Jan 10, 2018 3:31:36 GMT
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Great! Could you show some photos of your new baby, please? You took the words right outta my mouth... I'm waiting for the winder to get here first, and I still have to find those lenses. PF
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on Jan 27, 2018 15:52:53 GMT
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They are nice little cameras. I keep one now as back up for my 159MM bodies. Just about to re-cover it with some blue leather from Aki-Asahi. I've seen one with the blue A-A leather. Really nice looking. PF Just done the navy blue leathers and very pleased with the results. It’s subtle and really quite classy. When I have better light I’ll grab a photo.
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on Jan 28, 2018 3:29:14 GMT
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I found the lenses today! It took 45 minutes to dig the box out of the pile, but I've now kitted up my Zeiss 50/1.7, 45/2.8 (Pancake), and 135/2.8 with the ML 28/2.8 and 50/2.8 Macro, a TLA-20 flash, and the IR Controller. Of course now tomorrow it's going to rain all day.
Oh well, it gives me a chance to find my computer accessories I need to complete the changeover from my desktop to a laptop. Could have swore I had that box set out somewhere.
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on Feb 19, 2018 20:03:18 GMT
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If there's an opportunity of grabbing an otherwise decent ML 28-85mm with the haze issue these usually exhibit at some point in their life time, I'd suggest getting it and then clean it yourself. This seems to be the only recurring negative issue these lenses have that keep people away. This is without a doubt one of the easiest lenses to bring back to usable condition with a minimum of risk. I've had 3 of these, and cleaned 2 of them in less than 30 minutes each. I'm not a 'repairman' but I'm comfortable with working on primes most of the time, and this is the only zoom - so far - that I've not been leery of tackling once I saw the mechanics. @ ridgeblue99... If you still have the lens and want to give cleaning it a try, I did an extensive how-to in 2016 that's posted on my site, as both a photo series, and an accompanying article. Album series: lumiworx.com/albums/yashica-ml-28-85-cleanup/Article: lumiworx.com/essays/2016/12/yashica-ml-28-85mm-cleanup/These are well worth the effort once clean, and the cheap tools used to do it (if they aren't already in your toolkit) are useful for lots of later projects.
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on Feb 19, 2018 21:26:21 GMT
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Thanks a lot for those links, Randy! cheers Michael
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on Feb 20, 2018 2:38:46 GMT
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Thanks, I'll keep that in mind when I find it. PF
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on Feb 20, 2018 14:13:56 GMT
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I awoke this morning to a glorious fog outside, and couldn't wait to load the 139 Q with some Ilford Delta 100 (my last roll of it), and run out to get some photos.
Alas, it was not to be. I keep the 40mm Pancake lens on the camera while it's in the bag, and as soon as I fired the shutter the first time after loading the film, the shutter jammed open. Or so I thought. Figured it could have been a battery problem, so I put two fresh SR44's in it, with no relief.
I decided to dismount the 40mm, and as I turned it, the aperture opened up, and I hoped I cured whatever was wrong. I didn't. The mirror was still up, so I took the lens completely off. Figured it could have been a fault of the lens itself, so I mounted the ML 50mm Macro, and everything was okay. Then it was the 50/1.7 Planar's turn, which again the camera jammed. By this time I was suspecting the mirror had slipped, and after trying the 135mm Sonnar I was convinced that was the answer.
So I tried the Zeiss lenses on the FX-3 Super 2000 body I use to mount the ML 50/1.9 Clock, and got the same results. Took a close look, and yes, the mirror was down in the mount on that one too (probably why I chose that body to mount the clock).
If the place wasn't so messed up right now with all the rearranging I've been doing, I'd have taken the time to try every C/Y mount body I have to find one with a free swinging mirror. Photography, sometimes, can be very disheartening.
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on Feb 24, 2018 10:25:34 GMT
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The 28-85ML bit here is really valuable!
I think it needs its own thread under repair and maintain.
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on Mar 12, 2018 2:39:28 GMT
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I forgot to mention I tried the Zeiss lenses on a Yashica body, and they were okay, also ML lenses on the Contax did not collect the mirror on it's way up. My older 139Q body that needs new covers and seals worked fine, so that mirror needs no adjustment.
So I dug out my trusty old hair drier, and heated up the mirror box. Took a wooden dowel, and pressed the mirror back into place, then set the camera in front of a fan so it would cool down quickly, preventing the mirror from slipping out of place again. So far, it has worked, no more mirror hang-ups on the back of the Zeiss lenses. I'll let it sit for another few days before taking the kit out for a test run.
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on May 5, 2018 13:33:52 GMT
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A member of another forum gifted me a pack of camera seal material, Marc, so I should be able to replace them with little trouble. PF Sorry for the way late answer - but glad to read this! ;-) I have the Contax 167mt as my go-to SLR. Always being mounted is the 50mm F2 ML. Or, sometimes, the 28-50/3.5 ML...so i won't need the 28/2.8, 35/2.8 and 50/F2 ML on a photowalk.
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on May 5, 2018 13:37:41 GMT
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The 28-85ML bit here is really valuable! I think it needs its own thread under repair and maintain. Its a good Zoom, but often, it does have internal haze, like mentioned before. I sold 5 copies over the years, after being serviced and CLA (not by myself - but a professional service), and nowadays have 2 iterations of it. One is 90% mint, whileas the glass elements are like new, and being little used over the years...whileas the other is still into it's original maker box, and 99% new. ;-)
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on Mar 11, 2020 21:03:03 GMT
Posted: Mar 11, 2020 21:03:03 GMT
If there's an opportunity of grabbing an otherwise decent ML 28-85mm with the haze issue these usually exhibit at some point in their life time, I'd suggest getting it and then clean it yourself. This seems to be the only recurring negative issue these lenses have that keep people away. This is without a doubt one of the easiest lenses to bring back to usable condition with a minimum of risk. I've had 3 of these, and cleaned 2 of them in less than 30 minutes each. I'm not a 'repairman' but I'm comfortable with working on primes most of the time, and this is the only zoom - so far - that I've not been leery of tackling once I saw the mechanics. @ ridgeblue99... If you still have the lens and want to give cleaning it a try, I did an extensive how-to in 2016 that's posted on my site, as both a photo series, and an accompanying article. Album series: lumiworx.com/albums/yashica-ml-28-85-cleanup/Article: lumiworx.com/essays/2016/12/yashica-ml-28-85mm-cleanup/These are well worth the effort once clean, and the cheap tools used to do it (if they aren't already in your toolkit) are useful for lots of later projects. Sadly, this isn't being the case here, lumixworx. Here's the catch - the adhaesive inside the ML 28-85 is being vaporized, and the whole she-bang, means fogging issue would come up again...and again ! I've been through 5 copies (!) of the ML 28-85, i paid good money for a tech who does know his tricks, and CLA'ed my Lens, it looked fine...i've put it back into the cupboard, without using it...but after some time...6-8 months, it started to fog inside, between the Lens Elements again ! This is a serious Design failure, flaw only with the ML 28-85 it does seem to be - all my other ML-Series Yashica Lenses never encountered this particular Issue...just as reference.
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on Mar 12, 2020 18:22:59 GMT
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lenslover ... Sorry it wasn't as successful as you hoped it would be. The lens I worked on from that same article has remained clear since I did it in December of 2016. I cleaned as much as I could of any residual grease on every exposed thread from both the front optical block, and the interior threads that it screwed into, and not just the haze on the glass itself. There was far too much of it gooped on and as it degrades I'm sure it doesn't need any pumping action from zooming in/out to start off-gassing and coating those inner elements. Cleaning only the lens glass wasn't enough. The others I've done since that one are also clear up till now, so I honestly don't have any idea if there's anything different that can be done to help them stay cleaner longer.
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on Mar 14, 2020 20:48:46 GMT
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Lumiworx, good to know. But not everybody seem to have that tech tools & info, the guy who did this, did it for decades, so a experienced tech, and i was feeling bad when it started internal fogging, nebula coming back, again. So far, no luck with all my ML 28-85 iterations, so that i am pretty avoiding this Zoom Lens. Into the End, it was good money being wasted, because the issue wasn't being solved, only temporary.
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