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19-FEB-2006

14 Oily Iris 1071.jpg

See the section on cleaning the iris in the 50mm f/1.7 section.
Also see the repair gallery for the 70-210mm f/4 on iris blade reassembly.
Be sure to clean all grease and oil from the inside of the lens helicoid.
Remove excess lubricant from the edge of the helicoid with a foam q tip.

Minolta DiMAGE 7
1/180s f/8.0 at 50.3mm iso100 with Flash hide exif
Full EXIF Info
Date/Time19-Feb-2006 04:50:07
MakeMinolta
ModelDiMAGE 7
Flash UsedYes
Focal Length50.3 mm
Exposure Time1/180 sec
Aperturef/8
ISO Equivalent100
Exposure Bias0.38
White Balancedaylight (1)
Metering Modematrix (5)
JPEG Quality (6)
Exposure Programmanual (1)
Focus Distance

other sizes: small medium original auto
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Per 09-Mar-2016 10:36
notice here that the retainer for the focusing ring/scale uses 3 screws on this version of the lens while the one I have uses 6 screws. wouldn't have given this much thought if I hadn't lost one of these 6 screws... any hints on the specifications of those screws?