This is particularly for a 240mm Rodenstock S, there is some dust between the lens elements. It's unlikely to effect the image however I do have a lens wrench to pull apart the elements to blow them out. However I'm unsure if there are any seals, tolerances, gaps or torques that would effect by me unscrewing it. Worth noting this in the inner cells not the sides facing the shutter. Would it be as simple as unscrewing it, blowing it out and just tightings it back down again?
Ryan Mills
Why not just ignore it since they are having no effect on the performance and your playing may be detrimental?
I'm with Bob. Don't worry. Be happy!
“You often feel tired, not because you've done too much, but because you've done too little of what sparks a light in you.”
― Alexander Den Heijer, Nothing You Don't Already Know
+3 ... I have a problem solving chart ... the first entry is: "(Q) Is it working? .... (A) Yes .... (Advice) Don't F*** with it."
Well i understand if its not broke don't fix it, however that kind of completely ignores the question and i'm still curious if its something that can be done. Obviously a large format less is quite a lot less complex than an autofocus lens, dissembling would be rather trival with the right tools.
Ryan Mills
Take a really good, sharp picture with it now and save it so you can remember how good that lens used to be.
The dust may be an aesthetic annoyance but it will hurt nothing.
I used to work for a photographer whose well-used Hasselblad lens had several metal shavings stuck between the lens elements. He didn't want to have them removed until the shutter needed repair - didn't want to spend the money. You'd never know they were there looking at the pictures.
My dad always said - "maintenance begets maintenance" - but I seldom listened to him and have only buggered a few lenses.
If it ain't broke then don't fix it!
Bob is right as usual.
Have a professional do it. Don't take the lens apart.
Yes it can be that simple. Maybe.
But how do you create a totally dust free room to reassemble.
There is dust everywhere and most you cannot see.
Find a computer chip manufacturing clean room, but they won't let that filthy lens in...
and dust is doubling...
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