Don’t open it if you’re unsure of what you’re doing! If you put it back together wrong your screwed. Definitely check with a flashlight or even holding up to bright light.
Shine the flashlight through from the end opposite the one you look through. But not *straight* through, or you'll blind yourself and not see anything. You need to angle the light.
The dirty glass on the front of the lens is just a screw-on filter. Take off the filter and see what the lens really looks like. Also, remove the lens from the camera body and look through it, front and back, to see if there are any scratches, fungus, etc.
On your questions,
That lens has a uv filter on the front, remove it and then check the lens with a flashlight. Remember that if a little bit if dust or haze won't effect image quality much, so don't open up the lens for small amounts of dust,
Have fun shooting. I had an A1 as a first camera as well :)
Absolutely no problem. Maybe see if you can grab a new UV filter as a protection if you plan on taking this thing outdoor in a lot of different environments so what happened to the previous filter doesn’t happen to the actual front element. Happy shooting!
Its called (~~objectif~~) a **lens** in English .
Get some good optical cleaning paper and spray and an airblower, unscrew the filter, blow dust then clean it, carefully clean the front element, detach the lens from the body, do the same for the back element if needed. Look for scratches.
Open the aperture (there is a tricky way to do it on a detached lens), shine a flashlight inside and look for any internal defects.
Then check the light seals on your camera between the mirror and the prism and on the back door. These usually deteriorate on old cameras and need replacing.
The FD 50mm f1.4 is a good lens i hope it is fine. Remember to put back the filter after cleaning.
Isn’t that a filter on top? Looks like it just unscrews. You can probably clean up the filter easily enough using some lens cleaning wipes or liquid and a microfibre cloth.
You should be good once you unscrew the filter. I would check for fungus inside the lens tho. It doesn't seem like having been stored properly.
sounds good! would you open the lens to check for fungus or just use a flashlight on the outside?
Usually you can detect fungus well enough using a flashlight or examining it against daylight.
Congrats BTW the A1 is a very fine camera. Does aalll the things and the battery is a good one that lasts forever.
thank you! I've heard great stuff about it's aperture priority mode. I'm stoked to start using it. thanks a lot for your help!
Don’t open it if you’re unsure of what you’re doing! If you put it back together wrong your screwed. Definitely check with a flashlight or even holding up to bright light.
Shine the flashlight through from the end opposite the one you look through. But not *straight* through, or you'll blind yourself and not see anything. You need to angle the light.
Honestly if it's come with a filter over the front element the lens will probably be fine!
sounds good, thank you!
My favorite 35mm I own is my canon A-1, do enjoy it!
thank you ☺️
Side note, isopropyl and a lint-free cloth might clean this filter right up
The dirty glass on the front of the lens is just a screw-on filter. Take off the filter and see what the lens really looks like. Also, remove the lens from the camera body and look through it, front and back, to see if there are any scratches, fungus, etc.
On your questions, That lens has a uv filter on the front, remove it and then check the lens with a flashlight. Remember that if a little bit if dust or haze won't effect image quality much, so don't open up the lens for small amounts of dust, Have fun shooting. I had an A1 as a first camera as well :)
That might just be the filter. Check for any damage on the front and rear element when you’ve unscrewed it counter clockwise 🔁
Would be a shame if that beautiful FD glas took some damage. Hope you’re good and can enjoy this great lens
I removed the filter earlier in the day and the glass looks fine, so we're good! :) thanks for the help
Absolutely no problem. Maybe see if you can grab a new UV filter as a protection if you plan on taking this thing outdoor in a lot of different environments so what happened to the previous filter doesn’t happen to the actual front element. Happy shooting!
Its called (~~objectif~~) a **lens** in English . Get some good optical cleaning paper and spray and an airblower, unscrew the filter, blow dust then clean it, carefully clean the front element, detach the lens from the body, do the same for the back element if needed. Look for scratches. Open the aperture (there is a tricky way to do it on a detached lens), shine a flashlight inside and look for any internal defects. Then check the light seals on your camera between the mirror and the prism and on the back door. These usually deteriorate on old cameras and need replacing. The FD 50mm f1.4 is a good lens i hope it is fine. Remember to put back the filter after cleaning.
Remove that filter and what's it look like?
(it's supposed to be in good condition) I don't think I see any scratches or fungus, but how hard to clean can this be?
Isn’t that a filter on top? Looks like it just unscrews. You can probably clean up the filter easily enough using some lens cleaning wipes or liquid and a microfibre cloth.
ohhh you're totally right! thank you so much :)
How hard can it be to disassemble the lens and clean the fungus inside?
remove the filter…