Restoring Helios 44 – CLA tutorial by Tomas Glavina

You may also like...

9 Responses

  1. Bernhard says:

    Thx for this very good instruction!

  2. brian Woolls says:

    Excellent tutorial, thank you Tomas.

  3. Maze says:

    Great tutorial. Thank you all

  4. Andrew says:

    Hello! Can you specify, what’s exact grease you have used for the helicoid?

    • It’s a mixture of grease and oil. In general, for the old, lenses with a aluminum helicoids, the organic grease (hard to find today), works well, but needs CLA every 10-15 years. Lithium based grease is not ideal for aluminum, but it can be used with some mineral industrial oil, questionable is grease with teflon, personally I won’t recommend it.

  5. Simon says:

    I try to avoid polishing paste, wire wool and sanding tools. All these method are aggressive and will wear down the metal. I thnk its more aesthetically pleasing if you can keep as much of the original surface even if that means retaining some corrosion.
    I use gun oil to soak the surface for a few days to lift the dirt and rust and use gun cleaning cloth to wipe off.

  1. December 3, 2017

    […] The two lenses are very similar in their construction, so I warmly recommend to take a look at the Helios 44 tutorial first, the one that is a reference to the upcoming legacy lens CLA series. Ideally, you should […]

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

By continuing to use the site, you agree to the use of cookies. more information

The cookie settings on this website are set to "allow cookies" to give you the best browsing experience possible. If you continue to use this website without changing your cookie settings or you click "Accept" below then you are consenting to this.

Close