Disassembly of a Zoom Lens

By Alex in Gadgets, Hacks & Mods, Pictures on Oct 6, 2008 at 3:17 pm

When fredmiranda.com forum user sbv20 found himself with a broken Canon 17-85 mm zoom lens after the aperture became stuck he decided to have a little bit of fun: he took it apart!

And thankfully, he documented his disassembly of the zoom lens for all of us to see: Link – via Gizmodo

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Edie
Oct 6th, 2008 at 4:12 pm
Um, I think you meant FredMiranda.com.

HTH, HAND and feel free to delete this coment once the article is corrected.

Edie
Frequent Flyer at Fred’s.
Alex
Oct 6th, 2008 at 4:52 pm
Oops – typso! Thanks, Edie – it’s corrected now.
ted
Oct 6th, 2008 at 5:17 pm
Dissembling is to be dishonest. I think you mean Disassembly.
Alex
Oct 6th, 2008 at 6:15 pm
You’re right, ted! Thanks for the catch.
Ali S.
Oct 6th, 2008 at 8:55 pm
Wow. That’s quite fascinating. I’ve been thinking of getting a better lens for my camera. Neat to see that so many pieces exist in that thing.
Christophe
Oct 6th, 2008 at 10:35 pm
No wonder those things are pricy
Xinavera
Oct 7th, 2008 at 10:52 am
Not THAT is neato! I’m amazed at how little glass is actually involved in one of those things. I guess he didn’t actually pry apart all the lens elements.

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