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It helps a little bit [EDIT: Just noticed why no one uses smilies on this forum] At least I don't have to mess with the aperture blades. Would still want to open it and clean it. It was bought on a flea market for 15€ and is dusty as hell inside (no fungus, though). I would really like any info on how to deal with them. Or where to find at least info on how to realign it correctly when re assembling. Also a pretty silly question, as am just getting into cleaning vintage lenses. Noticed that some of them have marks inside: III II \ / What are they exactly?

As said before I decided to buy a cheap lens on the flea market this weekend to test my assembly skills, and various mixtures on lens coatings. Couldn't find a lens from the same year (Well I did but the mane wanted 30€ for a god awful filthy Soligor 28mm /2,8 MD mount ) However I found a Trioplan 50mm / 2,9 with a mildly faulty aperture blade, one bends slightly when stopped to f/16 or 22 but from f/2,9 - 11 it works perfectly. ... Is this how it all starts?

Hi, Does anyone have a plan or manual on how to disassemble and more importantly RE-assemble one of these? I found one at a bargain with a faulty aperture blade that I would love to fix but don't want to ruin it.

Hi, thank you for the great link and quick reply (or reply in general ...unlike Canon Slovenia). Also thanks for the antibacterial hand-wash tip. Sadly will need to remove the front element. The fungus seems to grow on the second one or the inner side of the front one. Am thinking of going to a flea market buying a random cheap dirty lens and just practice disassembling and reassembling a bit on that one first. Just to make sure.

I have my grandfathers FD lens collection. And love them to bits, but my favourite (the 50mm f/1,4 s.s.c. ) has caught some fungus and dust. I really want to clean it and keep it in as perfect condition as possible. Was seeking professionals to do this for me, but their either stopped cleaning lenses, or don't want to work on an old manual FD lens. Even contacted my local Canon office if they could service my FD lens, tell me about a place to service it, or at least tell me how to clean it myself ... e-mailed them twice, still no reply... So asking here. Any tips on cleaning an FD lens? I am mildly worried about the "S.S.C." coating durability. Is there something I need to be extra careful about? Normally I hear about using a diluted bleach + peroxide approach. But, will it attack S.S.C. ? In general are there any good schematics or tips on cleaning these lenses?