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Topic: Disassembling 50mm Cine-Xenon

John Wilton
Junior
Posts: 16
From: New York, NY, USA
Registered: Jun 2005

posted August 18, 2005 12:11 AM

My old Cine-Xenon suffers from a loose connection between the aperture setting ring and the blades mechanism inside...there is about a 1/2-stop of play, making it hard to accurately set aperture. Anyone have any experience/documentation on disassembling this lens, or advice on correct forum to pose this question? (photo to identify lens):

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John Wilton
NYC

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Kevin Faulkner
Film God

Posts: 4071
From: Essex UK
Registered: Jun 2003

posted August 20, 2005 05:34 PM

I think this was probably the right place John. I have to say what a nice looking lens. They dont make them like that anymore. German engineering at it's best.

Kev.

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GS1200 Xenon with Elmo 1.0...great combo along with a 16-CL Xenon for that super bright white light.

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John Whittle
Jedi Master Film Handler

Posts: 791
From: Northridge, CA USA
Registered: Jun 2003

posted August 20, 2005 11:41 PM

John

Disassembly is tricky, but re-assembly requires special tools and colimation (sp). There are some excellent camera repair places in NY as there are out here in Hollywood/Los Angeles. If you were in LA, I'd suggest Century Optics or a couple of other guys I've worked with. Possibly someone at Panavision New York in the service department can recommend someone in your area. I don't know, but doubt this is just a screw tightening adjustment. Most cases require replacement of the iris blades and if the lens is in otherwise good condition, it's probably worth it.

John

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Josef Grassmann
Expert Film Handler

Posts: 190
From: Hennef-Sieg, Germany
Registered: Apr 2005

posted August 27, 2005 05:44 PM

Thanks to Kevin Faulkner for "german engineering at it´s best"
It´s nice to hear it from an English expert.
Greetings to Essex,

Josef

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