{"id":96,"date":"2018-08-15T21:05:15","date_gmt":"2018-08-15T21:05:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tech-t.com\/index.php\/2018\/08\/15\/pretty-as-a-picture\/"},"modified":"2018-08-15T21:06:30","modified_gmt":"2018-08-15T21:06:30","slug":"pretty-as-a-picture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tech-t.com\/index.php\/2018\/08\/15\/pretty-as-a-picture\/","title":{"rendered":"Pretty as a Picture"},"content":{"rendered":"

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After a lens was dropped, I performed the unthinkable. I disassembled the lens (NOT in a clean room) and was able to reseat the third element, fixing the problem completely!<\/p>\n

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In order to pull the element, a custom “tool” was needed to uncrossthread the retaining ring.<\/p>\n

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A little CAD was used to get the angle and placement correct for the screws to align with the retaining ring’s notches.<\/p>\n

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Even though the process wasn’t pretty, the result is a perfectly working lens, saving someone over $7000.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/youtu.be\/D4dHr8evt6k<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

After a lens was dropped, I performed the unthinkable. I disassembled the lens (NOT in a clean room) and was able to reseat the third element, fixing the problem completely! In order to pull the element, a custom “tool” was needed to uncrossthread the retaining ring. A little CAD was used to get the angle and placement correct for the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-96","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tech-t.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tech-t.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tech-t.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tech-t.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tech-t.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=96"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tech-t.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":97,"href":"https:\/\/tech-t.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96\/revisions\/97"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tech-t.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=96"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tech-t.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=96"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tech-t.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=96"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}