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A photographic lens is used to focus the light onto film or a digital sensor. Many cameras have interchangeable lens systems, allowing the photographer to choose the type of lens to use.

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Nikon AF-S NIKKOR lens jammed

My personal take on this is that it certainly needs to be sent in for repair. Whacking it on a table until it's straight probably wouldn't give you optimum results. The repair depot should be able t …
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How can I disassemble a Computar M8513 lens?

Usually these things have a retaining ring that holds the lens assembly into the barrel/body of the lens. … There might be a similar but smaller ring at the rear of the lens that you can unscrew as well. …
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Unknown spots in camera lens Nikon

If the flaws aren't located on the front surface of the lens (touch the spot with a toothpick or something non-abrasive and look at the lens surface from an angle- do the flaws seem deeper in the lens … Use a lens shade. …
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Why are the lights fuzzy/hazy/blowing out in my pictures?

It might have been slight condensation on the lens if it was perfectly fine and then "without warning" things got hazy. …
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What is the little "haze" on my lens?

Well, it looks like it's interference fringes, so my guess would be that the front element is separating from another element (sometimes two lens elements are cemented together- if the lens is old, the …
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A spot on the lens inside the camera

That's really the only way to tell whether the camera/lens will be acceptable to you. …
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Servicing a Voigtlander Bessa from 1929 - how to open the lens assembly?

Usually the front and back lens assemblies (what you have is often referred to as lens in shutter) unscrew from the shutter/aperture body. … Have you tried unscrewing the lens barrel from the shutter rather than taking the shutter apart? Can you see threads on the outside of the lens barrel (either front or back)? …
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Can a drop of a camera+lens cause AF calibration issues on either -- or both -- the lens and...

Assuming there is damage (an 18" drop onto carpet isn't likely to have damaged anything, but it's possible) the most likely situation might be a warping of the lens mount so that the mount isn't parallel …
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