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15-05-11, 07:19 PM
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would you take a telephoto lense apart to clean it yourself if you have never had a lense apart befor?
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15-05-11, 07:25 PM
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Re: would you

In short.......

no.
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15-05-11, 08:04 PM
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Re: would you

No,if it's that bad, get it cleaned by a professional, doing it yourself, you could seriously mess up the lens for good.


     
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15-05-11, 08:21 PM
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Sorry, I meant to ask what was wrong with it?


     
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15-05-11, 08:37 PM
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Re: would you

err99,tried cleaning contacts,no good tried it on another 350 same again,looked at the lense and can see fine scatches on the out side of lense,only errors at full extension,a slight turn back it is ok,no good using it in auto at full extension
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15-05-11, 08:37 PM
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Re: would you

I myself wouldn't do it leave it to the pros in their clean dust free labs.
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15-05-11, 09:13 PM
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Re: would you

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